2-501: Portuguese award For the Portuguese parish of the municipality of Gavião, see Comenda (Gavião) . In Portugal, a comenda is a benefit that was granted to knights in military orders , but now describes a purely honorary distinction. In the past, comenda could be a piece of land given as a reward for services, together with the duty to defend it from enemies and criminals. The holder of
4-663: A comenda is called a comendador ( commander ) in Portuguese. See also [ edit ] Honorific orders of Portugal References [ edit ] ^ "Official site (Portugal): Ancient military orders" . Archived from the original on 2006-09-06 . Retrieved 2009-03-21 . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comenda&oldid=1091303136 " Category : Orders of chivalry of Portugal Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Articles containing Portuguese-language text Comenda (Gavi%C3%A3o) Comenda
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