commandery

• commandry (UK)

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).

commandery (plural commanderies)

1. A territory under the control of a commander, particularly:
   1. (historical) The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller.
   2. (historical) Any of various administrative divisions of imperial China.
2. A chapter of a secret order, especially the Knights Templar (order affiliated with Freemasonry).

• (Chinese territory) jun, fu; chun, foo (obsolete); prefecture (some contexts)