commandery

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

/ kəˈmæn də ri, -ˈmɑn- /

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noun, plural com·mand·er·ies.

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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Origin of commandery

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

He fell into Disgrace, after this Account of him was written, and died at his Commandery.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I|Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
So make it certain that our answer to the Massachusetts Commandery be strong and clear.
Reply of the Philadelphia Brigade Association to the Foolish and Absurd Narrative of Lieutenant Frank A. Haskell|Various
At the frontier they ask you no questions, for everything has been sent to them by the military commandery in Berlin.
Germany in War Time|Mary Ethel McAuley
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

The marquis de Tavora was at the same time appointed to a commandery, which he had solicited during several years.
The History of the Revolutions of Portugal|Abb Vertot