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 com·mand·ery /kəˈmænd(ə)ri/

 Com·mand·er·y n.; pl. Commanderies
 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.]
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 commandery
      n : the position or office of commander [syn: commandership]