comendamiento

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

  • comendamyento (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From comendar (“to command”) +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /komendaˈmjento/

Noun

comendamiento m (plural comendamientos)

  1. commandment, ordinance
    Synonym: mandamiento
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 44v:
      e teſto nr̃o ſennor en iſrɫ emando por mano delos ppħas q̃ pphetizauan e dixo. Tornad uos de ur̃as uias malas e guardat mios comendamiẽtos e mios fueros entoda la leẏ q̃ acomende aur̃os parientes por manos de mios ſieruos los ppħas.
      [E testó nuestro Sennor en Israel e mandó por mano de los prophetas que prophetizavan, e dixo, “Tornad-vos de vuestras vias malas e guardad mios comendamientos e mios fueros, en toda la ley que acomendé a vuestros parientes por manos de mios siervos los prophetas.”]
      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 [according to] the entire Law I commended your ancestors by the hands of my servants the prophets.”

Descendants

  • Spanish: comendamiento
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