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