‖ coˈmmenda
Also 6 -do.
The Latin and Ital. form of the word commendam, occas. used.
| 1598 Florio Comendatore..one that hath Comendoes [1611 Comendas] put to his charge. 1616 Brent tr. Sarpi's Counc. Trent (1676) 27 The abuses of Commendaes and Annates. Ibid. 468 Willing to get Benefices in Commenda. 1765 Blackstone Comm. I. 393 Commenda, or ecclesia commendata, is a living commended by the crown to the care of a clerk, to hold till a proper pastor is provided for it. 1885 T. Arnold Cath. Dict., Commenda. |