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commandary

commandary is the alternative form of commandery.

Meaning of commandery

Noun

commandery (plural commanderies)

  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.
  3. A chapter of a secret order, especially the Knights Templar (order affiliated with Freemasonry).

Forms of commandary

pluralcommandaries

Questions about commandary

What is commandary the alternative form of?
Commandary is the alternative form of commandery.

Words near commandary in the dictionary

  1. commandante
  2. commandants
  3. commandantship
  4. commandantships
  5. commandaries
  6. commandary
  7. commandatory
  8. commanded
  9. commandedness
  10. commandedst
  11. commandee

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Adapted from Wiktionary: commandary (page history and authors); commandery (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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