Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

commandery
     n : the position or office of commander [syn: {commandership}]