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commandatory |
commandeer |
commander |
commander in chief |
commandership |
commandery
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| commanding officer
| commandingly
| commandment
| commando
commandery
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun commandery has 1 sense
- commandery(n = noun.act) commandership - the position or office of commander; Array is a kind of berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spot
CIDE DICTIONARY
commandery, n. [F. commanderie.].
- The office or rank of a commander. [1913 Webster]
- A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander; -- called also a
preceptory . [1913 Webster] - An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons. [1913 Webster]
- A district under the administration of a military commander or governor. Brougham. [1913 Webster]
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