[ noun ] the position or office of commander <noun.act>
Commandery \Com*mand"er*y\, n.; pl. {Commanderies}. [F. commanderie.] 1. The office or rank of a commander. [Obs.]
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}.
3. An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons. [U. S.]
4. A district under the administration of a military commander or governor. [R.] --Brougham.