'Preceptory' definitions:
Definition of 'Preceptory'
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- Preceptory \Pre*cep"to*ry\ (?; 277), a. Preceptive. "A law preceptory." --Anderson (1573). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Preceptory'
From: GCIDE
- Preceptory \Pre*cep"to*ry\, n.; pl. Preceptories. [LL. praeceptoria an estate assigned to a preceptor, from L. praeceptor a commander, ruler, teacher, in LL., procurator, administrator among the Knights Templars. See Preceptor.] A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate to the temple or principal house of the order in London. See Commandery, n., 2. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'preceptory'
From: GCIDE
- Commandery \Com*mand"er*y\, n.; pl. Commanderies. [F. commanderie.]
- 1. The office or rank of a commander. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- 4. A district under the administration of a military commander or governor. [R.] --Brougham. [1913 Webster]