comendamiento

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Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From comendar (to command) +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

Noun

comendamiento m (plural comendamientos)

  1. commandment, ordinance
    Synonym: mandamiento
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 44v:
      e teſto nŕo ſennor en iſrɫ emando por mano delos ppħas q́ pphetizauan e dixo. Tornad uos de uŕas uias malas e guardat mios comendamiétos e mios fueros entoda la leẏ q́ acomende auŕos parientes por manos de mios ſieruos los ppħas.
      And Our Lord gave witness in Israel and ordered by hand of the prophets that prophesied, and He said, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep my commandments and my statutes the entire Law I commended your ancestors by the hands of my servants the prophets.”

Descendants

  • Spanish: comendamiento