How Is Commandery Spelled?

noun, plural com·mand·er·ies. the office or rank of a commander.

What does the word Commandery mean?

1 : a district under the control of a commander of an order of knights. 2 : an assembly or lodge in a secret order.

What is the purpose of a Commandery?

In the Middle Ages, a commandery (rarely commandry) was the smallest administrative division of the European landed properties of a military order. It was also the name of the house where the knights of the commandery lived. The word is also applied to the emoluments granted to a commander.

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