commandery

English

Alternative forms

• commandary
• commandry (UK)
• commandarie, commanderie, commaundrie, commaundarie, commaunderie, commaundry, commaundary, commaundery (obsolete)

Etymology

From French commanderie, from Late Latin commendaria, from Latin commendare.
In the Chinese administrative division sense, used as a translation of 府 (fǔ) and 郡 (jùn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈmænd(ə)ɹi/, /kəˈmɑːnd(ə)ɹi/

Noun

commandery (plural commanderies)

1. A territory under the control of a commander, particularly:
   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.
2. A chapter of a secret order, especially the Knights Templar (order affiliated with Freemasonry).

Synonyms

• (Chinese territory) jun, fu; chun, foo (obsolete); prefecture (some contexts)

Translations

division of a manor under the control of a knightly commander

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: commanderij (nl) f
• Finnish: komentoalue
• French: commanderie (fr) f
• German: Kommende (de) f, Komturei (de) f
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: commendaria f
• Polish: komandoria (pl) f, komturia (pl) f
• Spanish: comandancia (es) f