recommendatory

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But the singer says he isn't through with the recommendatory sciences.

From BusinessWeek • Apr. 8, 2010

For this reason, recommendatory or precatory words used in a bequest are frequently treated as an express direction.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

A treatise on “the New Poetry,” or “the Reformed Verse,” for it assumed this distinction, was expressly composed by William Webbe, recommendatory of this “Reformation of our English verse.”

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

I was to take with me letters recommendatory to a number of his friends, besides the letter of credit to furnish me with the necessary money for purchasing the press, types, paper, &c.

From Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical by Franklin, Benjamin

In 1675, Molinos published a book entitled "Il Guida Spirituale," to which were subjoined recommendatory letters from several great personages.

From Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by Foxe, John