commandery
[kuh-man-duh-ree, -mahn-]
- 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
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Examples from the Web for commandery
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The commandery will therefore be administered by the senior of the knights attached to it.
A Knight of the White CrossG.A. Henty
No presence was so welcome and inspiring at the camp-fire or commandery as his.
Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman.W. Fletcher Johnson
He shall then be taken to the Commandery, in order that his majesty may interrogate him.
Boscobel: or, the royal oakWilliam Harrison Ainsworth
Attended by the guard, the prisoner was taken at once to the Commandery.
Boscobel: or, the royal oakWilliam Harrison Ainsworth
In the court-yard of the Commandery was the king's ordinary guard.
Boscobel: or, the royal oakWilliam Harrison Ainsworth