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preceptory (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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Preceptory (gcide) | Preceptory \Pre*cep"to*ry\ (?; 277), a.
Preceptive. "A law preceptory." --Anderson (1573).
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Preceptory (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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Preceptory (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.
[1913 Webster]Preceptory \Pre*cep"to*ry\ (?; 277), a.
Preceptive. "A law preceptory." --Anderson (1573).
[1913 Webster]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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