Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Preceptories"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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