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preceptory |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Preceptory \Pre*cep"to*ry\ (?; 277), a. Preceptive. ``A law preceptory.'' --Anderson (1573). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Preceptory \Pre*cep"to*ry\, n.; pl {Preceptories}. [LL. praeceptoria an estate assigned to a preceptor, from L. praeceptor a commander, ruler, teacher, in LL., procurator, administrator among the Knights Templars. See {Preceptor}.] A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate to the temple or principal house of the order in London. See {Commandery}, n., 2. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.
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