Etymology

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Today it means: A vacant benefice commended to a cleric until an incumbent was provided. Full definition →

Latin in commendam
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  1. Latin · derived fromin commendam“in trust”
  2. English todaycommendam

From Latin in commendam (“in trust”).

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