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preceptory

preceptory is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Preceptive. "A law preceptory." Anderson (1573).
  2. 2.A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate to the temple or principal house of the order in London. See Commandery, n., 2.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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