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Webster 1913 Edition
Commandery
Com-mand′er-y
,Noun.
pl.
Commanderies
(#)
. [F.
commanderie
.] 1.
The office or rank of a commander.
[Obs.]
2.
A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander; – called also a
preceptory
. 3.
An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons.
[U. S.]
4.
A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.
[R.]
Brougham.