Definition of Commanderies. Meaning of Commanderies. Synonyms of Commanderies

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Definition of Commanderies

Commanderies
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.

Meaning of Commanderies from wikipedia

- priories), subdivided into "bailiwicks," which in turn were divided into "commanderies" or "commendæ"; these were placed in charge of a "commendator" or commander...
- period, the commanderies at the borders flourished. This gave rise to a two-tier administrative system, with counties subordinate to commanderies. Each of...
- until Goguryeo conquered it in 313. The Lelang Commandery extended the rule of the Four Commanderies of Han as far south as the Han River in present-day...
- named their administrative areas commanderies. The Tudor period, when following the suppression in 1540 the Commandery became the residence of the Wyldes...
- Shanxi and southern Inner Mongolia. He created Yanmen Commandery along with its companion commanderies of Dai and Yunzhong to consolidate his conquests from...
- of the commandery was separated to form the new Hebei Commandery, and several counties became part of other commanderies. In 583, the commandery was merged...
- The Four Commanderies of Han (Chinese: 漢四郡; pinyin: Hàn-sìjùn; Korean: 한사군; Hanja: 漢四郡; RR: Han-sagun) were Chinese commanderies located in the north...
- territory was reduced as new commanderies were formed and counties were transferred to other commanderies. The commandery was abolished in early Sui dynasty...
- Englisberg, who headed both houses, supported the secularization of the two commanderies, for which he received Bremgarten Castle as a reward. The commander's...
- annexed by the Han dynasty, and the commandery was renamed to "Yulin". Yulin was one of the least po****ted commanderies: in late Western Han period, it had...