Sentence examples for commandery from inspiring English sources
noun
A territory under the control of a commander, particularly: The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights. Various administrative divisions of imperial China.
From the 15th century they had paid tribute to the Ming and were organized under the commandery system, so they had long had extensive and regular contact with the Chinese state and, more importantly, with the Chinese military officers stationed in the Ming frontier garrisons.
Zhang Lu even succeeded in establishing a Daoist theocratic state in Hanzhong commandery (modern Sichuan and part of Shaanxi) toward the end of the Han dynasty (c. 188 215).
From Han times (206 bce–220 ce) it was named Linxiang county and was the seat of the Changsha commandery.
It reached Worcester on August 22, and the king selected the Commandery (a 16th-century structure located east of the cathedral) as his headquarters.
A wine cup found at Lelang bears an inscription giving its capacity, the names of the people concerned in its manufacture, a date equivalent to 4 ce, and place of origin, the "Western Factory" in Shu Commandery.
3. The Civil War memorial at the Commandery, Worcester Commemorating the final battle of the English Civil War, in 1651.
Mr. Bond was also active in Masonic-related orders, including the Royal Arch Masons, in which he served as state-wide Grand High Priest in 1979; the Knights Templar, where he served as Commander of Ontario Commandery in 1975; and the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, under whose jurisdiction Mr. Bond was awarded the 33rd degree in 1977.
John F. V. Cupschalk, Commander, NY Commandery.
The Naval Order of the U.S.-NY Commandery is saddened by the loss of LCDR E. Robert Wassman, former Commander.
Between the middle of the 3rd and the end of the 2nd century bce, the rulers of Qin began to centralize state power, creating a rigid system of laws that were applicable throughout the country and dividing the state into a series of commanderies and prefectures ruled by officials appointed by the central government.
Chinese immigration into southern Manchuria accelerated during the following centuries: in the Han dynasty (206 bce–220 ce) some Manchurian lands were overrun by the Han, who organized those conquered territories into military commanderies.
