Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Commandery

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Commandery


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(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons.

(3):

(n.) A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.

(4):

(n.) The office or rank of a commander.