commandery

[ kuh-man-duh-ree, -mahn- ]

/ kəˈmæn də ri, -ˈmɑn- /

the office or rank of a commander.

the district of a commander.

a district controlled by a commander of certain medieval orders of knights.

a local branch or lodge of certain secret or fraternal orders.

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What does “clement” mean?

1400–50; late Middle English. See commander, -y³

Old and worn he retired to Majorca, living off the products of the estates belonging to his commandery situated in Catalonia.
The Dead Command|Vicente Blasco Ibez
He shall then be taken to the Commandery, in order that his majesty may interrogate him.
Boscobel: or, the royal oak|William Harrison Ainsworth
This place is called "The temple of the false gods," and used to be, it is thought, a commandery of Templars.
Over Strand and Field|Gustave Flaubert
Mr. Preen drove on in silence until they were opposite the Commandery gates in the lower part of Sidbury.
Johnny Ludlow, Sixth Series|Mrs. Henry Wood

First-fruits were restored to the Crown, and so was the commandery of St. John.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3)|Richard Bagwell