Commanderies

Commandery Com*mand"er*y, n.; pl. {Commanderies}. [F. commanderie.] 1. The office or rank of a commander. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

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}. [1913 Webster]

3. An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]

4. A district under the administration of a military commander or governor. [R.] --Brougham. [1913 Webster]