The office or rank of a commander. [Obs.]
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.
An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons. [U. S.]
A district under the administration of a military commander or governor. [R.] Brougham.
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