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Sentence Examples
Their organization was strictly hierarchical, into priorates, then bailiwicks and lastly commanderies.
At the national level, the commanderies are grouped into a national Commandery, Priory or Grand Priory, depending on the number of members.
It is often forgotten that the city on the Dijle river was also the site of one of the richest and most flourishing commanderies of the German Order in the Netherlands: Pitzemburg.
After 1312, it took over the Templars' property and re-organised itself to manage more than 600 commanderies stretching from Scotland to the borders of Poland and from Denmark to the tip of Sicily.
Priory is also used to refer to the geographic headquarters of several commanderies of knights.
Over time, however, the commanderies were eventually developed into regular provinces and then discontinued entirely during the Tang dynasty reforms.
Examples from Classical Literature
On his death she bestowed all his titles and possessions on his son, together with the commanderies given him by Joseph the Ist.
These four commanderies were outlying portions of Bern, and were entirely under the rule of its Council.
Also a volume of fifteenth century, containing the accounts of the commanderies.
Nothing now remains of the extensive possessions of the Templars, or the Knights of Malta, who both had commanderies here.
But, in consequence of its recapture by the Araucanians, they reaped very little advantage from their commanderies.
The commanderies have not responded to our call for aid as they should have done.
The commanderies of the Teutonic order, and of that of Malta, at forty per cent.
The commanderies of chivalry, two hundred at least in number, were likewise enormously profitable.
The lands of these ballivi conventuali of languages were divided into three classes, priories, balliages, and commanderies.
They dispersed to their commanderies in Europe, and in 1530 Charles V granted them sovereignty over the Maltese islands.
The formation of Protestant commanderies is one of the most surprising developments.
They opted for a new leadership, a discret action in the frame of a secret society with an authoritarian superior council, the chancellerie, and local cells, the commanderies.
The establishment of commanderies, or prefectures under Han supervision, was part of this process, and in 111 BC a commandery was established around Hepu.
