commandery noun. [kǝ'mɑ:ndǝri] Also commandry [-dri]. LME.
[French commanderie, formed as COMMANDER: see -ERY. Partly from medieval Latin commendaria, from commenda benefice.]
1. Hist. An estate, manor, etc., belonging to a religious and military order of knights, as the Knights Hospitallers. LME.
b. A conventual priory of a non-military religious order. M16.

2. An ecclesiastical or other benefice held in commendam. M16-E19.

3. The tenure of command. L16-M17.

4. The rank of commander in an order of knighthood; a benefice or pension attached to such a commandership. E17.

5. A district under a commander. M17-E19.

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