# die Kommende

die Kommende is a German noun meaning “an ecclesiastical benefice transferred in trust to the custody of a patron”. Forms: der Kommende, die Kommenden.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Kommende
- Plural: die Kommenden

## Meanings

1. an ecclesiastical benefice transferred in trust to the custody of a patron
2. _historical_ commandery (the basic administrative division of an order of knighthood, led by a knight commander called Komtur)

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