commandery
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English
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Alternative forms
[edit]- commandary
- commandry (UK)
- commandarie, commanderie, commaundrie, commaundarie, commaunderie, commaundry, commaundary, commaundery (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]From French commanderie, from Late Latin commendaria, from Latin commendare.
In the Chinese administrative division sense, used as a translation of 府 (fǔ) and 郡 (jùn).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]commandery (plural commanderies)
- A territory under the control of a commander, particularly:
- (historical) The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller.
- (historical) Any of various administrative divisions of imperial China.
- A chapter of a secret order, especially the Knights Templar (order affiliated with Freemasonry).
Synonyms
[edit]- (Chinese territory) jun, fu; chun, foo (obsolete); prefecture (some contexts)
Translations
[edit]division of a manor under the control of a knightly commander
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