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com·mand·ery noun or com·mand·ry \-d(ə)rē, -ri\ (-es) Etymology: Middle French commanderie, from Medieval Latin commendaria, from commenda benefice (from commendare to commend) + -aria -ary — more at commend 1. : the office or rank of a commander — now used only of orders of knighthood 2. a. (1) : a district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto under the control of a commander of a religious military order of knights : preceptory (2) : a pension or benefice attached to a commandership of an order of knighthood b. : a conventual priory of a religious order c. : the house of a medieval commandery 3. : an assembly or lodge in certain secret orders (as the Knights Templars) 4. : a district under the administration of a commander or governor |