Thesaurus: commandery

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1. n. The office or rank of a commander.
2. 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.
3. n. An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons.
4. n. A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.
5. n. the position or office of commander
6. 1. The office or rank of a commander. [Obs.] 2. 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. 3. An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons. [U. S.] 4. A district under the administration of a military commander or governor. [R.] Brougham.
7. n the position or office of commander