compostela

== English == === Alternative forms === Compostela === Etymology === From Spanish Compostela, from Galician Compostela, from Latin compositella (“the little well-organized one”), from composita (“put together, arranged”) + -ella (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from compōnere (“to put together”), from con- (“with, together”) + pōnere (“to put, to place”), q.v. === Noun === compostela (plural compostelas) A certificate of accomplishment given to pilgrims on completing an official route on the pilgramage to Camino de Santiago.