See Also: commandery(dictionary)

commandery (iou)



commandery noun. . LME.
[French commanderie, formed as COMMANDER: see -ERY. Partly from medieval Latin commendaria, from commenda benefice.]
Hist. An estate, manor, etc., belonging to a religious and military order of knights, as the Knights Hospitallers. LME.
b. A conventual priory of a non-military religious order. M16.
An ecclesiastical or other benefice held in commendam. M16-E19.
The tenure of command. L16-M17.
The rank of commander in an order of knighthood; a benefice or pension attached to such a commandership. E17.
A district under a commander. M17-E19.