Com-mānd'er-y or Com-mānd'ry, n.

n. [Fr. commanderie, L. Lat. commanderia. See COMMAND, v. t.] A manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, belonging to an order of knights, and under the control of a member of the order, who was called a commander; he could dispose of the manor and its proceeds only for the use of the order;—called also a preceptory. Jacobs.