PRECEPTORY

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Preceptive. "A law preceptory." Anderson (1573).

2.
n.

A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate to the temple or principal house of the order in London. See Commandery, n., 2.

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