COMMANDERY
\kəmˈandəɹi], \kəmˈandəɹi], \k_ə_m_ˈa_n_d_ə_ɹ_i]\
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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.
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A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.
By Oddity Software
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The body of knights of any military order; the estates and revenue of such order; commander-in-chief, in Great Britain, the military officer who has the command and direction of the land forces; a generalissimo.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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