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Commandery
Commandery meaning
A territory under the control of a commander | The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller. | A territory under the control of a commander
Example sentences (10)
Since commandery-issued coins were often of inferior quality and lighter weight, the central government closed commandery mints and monopolized the issue of coinage in 113 BC.
Shawnee Commandery Pancake Breakfast: 8-11 a.m. Saturday at the Lima Masonic Center at 2165 N. Cole St., Lima.
THAT EVENING, I got on another high-speed train to travel more than 400 miles west to Zhangye, which was once an ancient commandery — essentially a fortified administrative center — on the Hexi Corridor.
A Confucian-based education was also made available at commandery-level schools and private schools opened in small towns, where teachers earned respectable incomes from tuition payments.sfn Some important texts were created and studied by scholars.
As neighboring territories of these warring states, including areas of modern Sichuan (四川) and Liaoning (遼寧), were annexed, they were governed under the new local administrative system of commandery and prefecture (郡縣).
As Officer of Merit in the commandery, he was also responsible for local appointments to office and recommendations to the capital of nominees for higher office.
As the capital of Nanglang kingdom ( 낙랑국 main),Nanglang-state is different from Lelang Commandery.
Born in the town of Xi'e in Nanyang Commandery (north of the modern Nanyang City in Henan province ), Zhang Heng came from a distinguished but not very affluent family.
By Eastern Han times, the central government monopolies were repealed in favor of production by commandery and county administrations, as well as private businessmen.
She had supported her husband in donating the Augustinian provostry at Nowogród Bobrzański (Naumburg) and the commandery of the Knights Templar at Oleśnica Mała (Klein Oels).