commandery Meaning, Definition & Usage

Com*mand"er*y noun

Etymology

F. commanderie.

Wordforms

plural Commanderies

Definitions

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.