commandery

1 9.9

An area or office led by a commander in an order of knights

noun
/kəˈmændəri/

Archaic

: comandancia

In the ancient commandery, knights trained rigorously for their upcoming battles.

And they there's, they set up a commandery at the Temple of Isis at Phile.

Examples

The commander addressed the members of the commandery before the mission began.
Each commandery was responsible for organizing the defense of the kingdom.
Five minutes later, the little party trotted out of the gate of the Commandery at Chauvigny, bound for the Holy Land.

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The Templar Commandery sat on the shore, commanding a private harbor, and here Blanche and Claire were given a chamber in the square keep.

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Synonyms

command

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Formal

844 4.9

Power to control people or things, often in the military

is about the formal office and jurisdiction within military or knightly orders

lordship

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12 9.4

Power that a person has over land and people in the past

is the office tied to military or chivalric jurisdictions rather than feudal land power

commandership

vscommandery

1 8.1

The position and power of a leader in charge of soldiers

is specific to military or chivalric orders and stresses jurisdiction

chiefship

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1 6.6

The time when a person leads a group

is focused on office within military or knightly orders rather than general leadership

Surface Forms

commandery singular

commanderies plural

Morphology

commandery = commander (semi-transparent) = commander + ery

Built from the recognizable base 'commander' with the suffix '-ery' denoting an office or domain; the sense is somewhat literary and specialised.

Etymology

Commandery comes from the same root as command and commander; command means 'to order', and the ending -ery often shows a 'place' or 'office'. So a commandery is the place where a commander has power, especially in orders of knights.