Usually means: Holding office without active duties.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. in commendam: Wordnik
  2. in commendam: Dictionary.com
  3. In commendam: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. In commendam: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. In commendam: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  6. in commendam: FreeDictionary.org
  7. In commendam: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. In Commendam, In commendam: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. in commendam: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  4. In commendam: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (In commendam)

noun:  In canon law, commenda (or in commendam) was a form of transferring an ecclesiastical benefice in trust to the custody of a patron.

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