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What is a commandery?

What is a commandery? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A territory under the control of a commander, particularly:
    1. (historical) The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller.
    2. (historical) Any of various administrative divisions of imperial China.
  2. A chapter of a secret order, especially the Knights Templar (order affiliated with Freemasonry).
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The commandery will therefore be administered by the senior of the knights attached to it.
In the court-yard of the commandery was the king's ordinary guard.
They fulfil their spiritual vocation within the commandery in liaison with their chaplain.
She paused to watch two white-plumed masons on their way to the commandery on the next block.
The old 13th century commandery of the Knights of St John, that we now live in, was not conceived or built as an enclosed monastery.
Poët Laval is classified as one of the Most Beautiful Villages in France. It is perched over the Jabron river, and it has a rich heritage, as it is a former commandery which belonged to the order of Saint John of Jerusalem.

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