commandery

n. 骑士团辖区, 秘密社团的集会

发音

/kəˈmænd(ə)ɹi/
/kəˈmɑːnd(ə)ɹi/

词形变化

commanderies 复数 commanderies

别名

commandary commandry commandarie commanderie commaundrie commaundarie commaunderie commaundry commaundary commaundery

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A territory under the control of a commander

    The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller.

    历史
  2. 2.

    A territory under the control of a commander

    Any of various administrative divisions of imperial China.

    历史
  3. 3.

    A chapter of a secret order, especially the Knights Templar (order affiliated with Freemasonry).

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

commandership

上位词 6

place office situation position post berth

词源

From French commanderie, from Late Latin commendaria, from Latin commendare. In the Chinese administrative division sense, used as a translation of 府 (fǔ) and 郡 (jùn).

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