Commandery

n.	1.	The office or rank of a commander.
	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.
	4.	A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.

Noun

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commandery - the position or office of commander Synonyms: commandership

berth, billet, commandership, office, place, position, post, situation, spot