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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_102451" /> == | |||
<p> (commenda, a benefice), or Preceptory (praeceptio. a first share), is a cell of the | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) 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. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) An assembly or lodge of Knights [[Templars]] (so called) among the Freemasons. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) A district under the administration of a military commander or governor. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) The office or rank of a commander. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_33743" /> == | |||
<p> (commenda, a benefice), or Preceptory (praeceptio. a first share), is a cell of the Templars and [[Hospitallers]] for collecting demesne-rents, and a home for veteran members of those orders. The president paid himself first his own pension, and then accounted for the residue. These houses remain at Swing-field, Cliburn, and Worcester. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_102451"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/commandery Commandery from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_33743"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/commandery Commandery from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_33743"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/commandery Commandery from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:55, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) 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.
(2): (n.) An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons.
(3): (n.) A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.
(4): (n.) The office or rank of a commander.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(commenda, a benefice), or Preceptory (praeceptio. a first share), is a cell of the Templars and Hospitallers for collecting demesne-rents, and a home for veteran members of those orders. The president paid himself first his own pension, and then accounted for the residue. These houses remain at Swing-field, Cliburn, and Worcester.
