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Commandery
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What's The Definition Of Commandery?Synonyms | Synonyms for Commandery: Related Terms | Find terms related to Commandery: See Also | Commandery In Webster's Dictionary \Com*mand"er*y\, n.; 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.
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