Definitions for "Commandery"
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.
A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.
Keywords:  office, rank, position
The office or rank of a commander.
the position or office of commander