commendator

[Low Lat. commendator; Sp. comendador; Ital. commend a tore; from Lat. commendo to intrust, to enjoin.] 1. Ord. Lang.: A commander, commandant, or governor. 2. Eccles.: One who holds a benefice in commen dam . "The other was of Bisham in Berks hire, made by Barlow,... that was commendator of it,..."- Burnet : Hist . of the Ref., i. 3.