Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office or dignity of a commander.
- noun A district under the authority or administration of a commander.
- noun A house, technically called a cell, in which the domain-rents of a medieval commandery were received, and which also served as a home for veteran members of the order. It was sometimes fortified, and occasionally formed an extensive and formidable stronghold.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The office or rank of a commander.
- noun 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 apreceptory . - noun United States An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons.
- noun rare A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US Obsolete spelling of
commandry . - noun historical an historical administrative level of
China , the郡 .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the position or office of commander
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Examples
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His commandery is a pleasant one, and well situated on the slopes of the hills; and the fresh air will, doubtless, speedily set you up.
A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes 1867
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In 618, the frontier commandery of Nanning was established.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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First of all, although central officials were assigned to these posts, they sometimes did not enter the designated commandery or county.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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This is the so-called frontier commandery system (bianjun zhidu) of the Han Dynasty.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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In 112 BCE, when the Han conscripted the Yelang to join the campaign against the Southern Yue Kingdom, the king of Qielan killed the Han envoys and the governor of Jianwei commandery.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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His territory was placed under the new commandery of Yizhou. 23 By the end of the second century BCE, Han China had reached central Yunnan and part of west Yunnan, thus dividing the Southwestern Barbarian area into the four commanderies of Jianwei, Zangke, Yuexi, and Yizhou.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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The idea of "rule based on native customs" was applied to create distinctive offices and infrastructure in frontier areas, for example, the frontier commandery system in the Han times, and the jimi system in the Tang period.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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And the medals included a homemade iron cross with the head of Woodrow Wilson in the middle, pounded out by a blacksmith in Mobile, Alabama; a Knights Templar Ascalon commandery badge, which was a green Maltese cross edged in gold given to members of this Christian group whose ancestors had fought in the Crusades; and an iron shamrock against a backdrop of four pennies mounted on red, white, and blue ribbons.
Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007
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And the medals included a homemade iron cross with the head of Woodrow Wilson in the middle, pounded out by a blacksmith in Mobile, Alabama; a Knights Templar Ascalon commandery badge, which was a green Maltese cross edged in gold given to members of this Christian group whose ancestors had fought in the Crusades; and an iron shamrock against a backdrop of four pennies mounted on red, white, and blue ribbons.
Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007
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And the medals included a homemade iron cross with the head of Woodrow Wilson in the middle, pounded out by a blacksmith in Mobile, Alabama; a Knights Templar Ascalon commandery badge, which was a green Maltese cross edged in gold given to members of this Christian group whose ancestors had fought in the Crusades; and an iron shamrock against a backdrop of four pennies mounted on red, white, and blue ribbons.
Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007
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