Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

commendam

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: com-men-dam
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A vacant benefice commended to a cleric until an incumbent was provided.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Latin in commendam (“in trust”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: in commendam

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

commendams (plural)

Questions

What does commendam mean?: A vacant benefice commended to a cleric until an incumbent was provided.
Where does commendam come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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