What does "commandery" mean?

Commandery: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons. [U. S.]
  2. 3.A district under the administration of a military commander or governor. [R.] Brougham.

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