Obs. [ad. It. or med.L. comenda; in quot. 1628 perh. only a grandiose alteration of COMMEND sb.: see -ADO.]
1. = COMMENDA, COMMANDERY.
1598. Florio, Comendatore, one that hath commendoes [1611 Comendas] put to his charge.
2. = COMMEND sb. 2, recommendation.
1628. Venner, Bathes of Bath (1650), 361. By these commendoes he gets Patients.
