Preceptory

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A community of medieval Knights Templars located on a provincial estate and subordinate to the main temples at Paris and London.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A community of the Knights Templar, or the physical buildings or estate of such a community.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Preceptive.
  • n. A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate to the temple or principal house of the order in London. See commandery, n., 2.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Giving precepts; preceptive.
  • n. A subordinate religious house where instruction was given.
    • Word Usage
    "Poor Isaac was hurried off accordingly, and expelled from the preceptory; all his entreaties, and even his offers, unheard and disregarded."
    Variant
    commandery   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    preceptive   
     
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