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commanderies

commanderies is the plural 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).

Questions about commanderies

What is commanderies the plural of?
Commanderies is the plural of commandery.

Words near commanderies in the dictionary

  1. Commander of the Faithful
  2. commander-in-chief
  3. commander-in-chiefship
  4. commanderess
  5. commanderesses
  6. commanderies
  7. commanderless
  8. commanderlike
  9. commanderly
  10. commanders
  11. commanders in chief

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