commendacioun

Middle English

Alternative forms

• commendacion, comendacioun, comendacion, commendacon
• commendaciun (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old French commendacion, from Latin commendātiō; equivalent to commenden +‎ -acioun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔmɛnˌdaːsiˈuːn/, /kɔmɛnˌdaːˈsjuːn/, /kum-/

Noun

commendacioun (uncountable)

1. Commendation, extolling; the bestowing of praise.
2. The Christian ceremony where one is commended to God after death.

Descendants

• English: commendation

References

• “com(m)endāciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2020-02-01.