commandery
commandery is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is commandery.
- What is 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 called?
- What is an assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons. [U. S.] called?
- What is a district under the administration of a military commander or governor. [R.] Brougham called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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