commenda

noun

com·​men·​da

kəˈmendə

plural -s

1

: a form of trust in use in the middle ages in which goods are delivered to another for a particular enterprise (as for marketing abroad)

2

: commendam

3

: the insignia, title, rights, or stipend of membership in a medieval order of chivalry

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin, back-formation from Latin commendare to entrust, command

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