·noun The office or rank of a commander.
II. Commandery ·noun A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.
III. Commandery ·noun An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons.
IV. Commandery ·noun 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.