commandery
Americannoun
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the office or rank of a commander.
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the district of a commander.
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a district controlled by a commander of certain medieval orders of knights.
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a local branch or lodge of certain secret or fraternal orders.
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In this village, which is on the direct road from London to Lincoln, there was a commandery, or associated body of Knights Templars, founded in the time of Richard I., by John le Mareshall.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
These receivers obtained the revenues from each estate or commandery within their district.
From Knights of Malta, 1523-1798 by Cohen, R.
His commandery is a pleasant one, and well situated on the slopes of the hills; and the fresh air will, doubtless, speedily set you up.
From A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
The money voted you by Florence will be useful to you now, and there is still a sum sent by your commandery owing to you by the treasury.
From A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
This place is called "The temple of the false gods," and used to be, it is thought, a commandery of Templars.
From Over Strand and Field by Flaubert, Gustave
Reporting to Liu Bang’s central government were hundreds of local provincials called commanderies.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
The function of receiver consisted in collecting the revenues of the various commanderies on account of the knights of Rhodes actually at Malta.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew
They had two hundred and twenty commanderies in France, with eight hundred Knights.
From The Eve of the French Revolution by Lowell, Edward J. (Edward Jackson)
Nothing now remains of the extensive possessions of the Templars, or the Knights of Malta, who both had commanderies here.
From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart
My master had, moreover, seven commanderies of his own; he was, therefore, perfectly justified in having eight horses in his stable like a great noble.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew
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