( n. )
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.
( n. )
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012