EGAVE

commandery

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A territory under the control of a commander, particularly: The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller. Any of various administrative divisions of imperial China.
  2. noun The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller.
  3. noun Any of various administrative divisions of imperial China.
  4. noun A chapter of a secret order, especially the Knights Templar (order affiliated with Freemasonry).

Similar words

comandancia commandancy commander commandry command commandership chiefry commandantship signory commandant

Often followed by

of and in was at military to knights is

Word family

commanderies

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