Commandery /(?)/

Com·mand·er·y

Commandery

n.

pl. Commanderies

  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.]