preceptories

Variant of preceptory

preceptory definition

pre·cep·tory (prē sep′tə rē, pri-)

noun pl. preceptories -·ries

  1. a provincial community or religious house of the medieval Knights Templars, subordinate to the London Temple
  2. its estates

Etymology: ML praeceptoria, estate of a preceptor < L praeceptor: see precept

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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