recommendatory

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

From BusinessWeek • Apr. 8, 2010

Of the contents of this book, I shall notice, while I am treating upon this subject, not those rules which are of a recommendatory, but those, which are of a prohibitory nature.

From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 by Clarkson, Thomas

He wrote a recommendatory copy of verses, which are prefixed to "The Conquest of Granada."

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir

He parted from the inhabitants with their regrets, and came to the metropolis with thirty recommendatory letters.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors 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