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
- 2.An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons. [U. S.]
- 3.A district under the administration of a military commander or governor. [R.] Brougham.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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