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Webster 1913 Edition


Commandery

Com-mand′er-y

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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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Commandery

COMMANDERY

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Definition 2024


commandery

commandery

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Noun

commandery (plural commanderies)

  1. A territory under the control of a commander, particularly:
    1. (US, historical) The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights.
    2. (historical) Various administrative divisions of imperial China.

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