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.)
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