Preceptory

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Commandery \Com*mand"er*y\, n.; pl. {Commanderies}. [F.
     commanderie.]
     1. The office or rank of a commander. [Obs.]
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     2. 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}.
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     3. An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among
        the Freemasons. [U. S.]
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     4. A district under the administration of a military
        commander or governor. [R.] --Brougham.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Preceptory \Pre*cep"to*ry\ (?; 277), a.
     Preceptive. "A law preceptory." --Anderson (1573).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Preceptory \Pre*cep"to*ry\, n.; pl. {Preceptories}. [LL.
     praeceptoria an estate assigned to a preceptor, from L.
     praeceptor a commander, ruler, teacher, in LL., procurator,
     administrator among the Knights Templars. See {Preceptor}.]
     A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate to the
     temple or principal house of the order in London. See
     {Commandery}, n., 2.
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