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	Commandry - Biocrawler
		Commandry (British English), or commandery (American English), was the smallest division of the European landed estate or manor under the control of a commendator, or commander, of an order of knights.
		Commandery (郡 in pinyin: jùn) was a historical administrative level of China.
		During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, commanderies were abolished and replaced by zhou-prefectures (州).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Commanderies (181 words)

	A Templar Encyclopedia - Prepared by Ray V. Denslow for the Grand Commandery, Knights Templar of Missouri
		He is responsible for the proper con-duct of the affairs of his commandery, subject, of course, to the by-laws of the commandery and the laws of the Grand Commandery.
		The word commandery is used in connection with the Knights Templar, much as the word lodge is used in the symbolic degrees, and chapter in the capitular degrees.
		In the lodge it is the white apron; in the chapter it is the white veil; in the commandery it is the white robe.
	www.phoenixmasonry.org /templar_encyclopedia.htm (8775 words)

	A masonic book on-line: HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY by Albert G. Mackey. P-S Review of Freemasonry
		The Grand Commandery of Knights Templars for the State of Alabama was organized December 1, 1860, by the representatives of five commanderies, viz.
		The Grand Commandery was instituted by authority of the Grand Encampment December 17, 1895, the Warrant being issued November 28, 1895, at Muscogee.
		The Grand Commandery of South Dakota was constituted May 14, 1884; being within the boundaries of the State of South Dakota, it continues under the name and style of the Grand Commandery of South Dakota.
	www.freemasons-freemasonry.com /mackeyhi18.html (13320 words)

	Johanniter Order in Germany
		The Arms of the commandery are: 1 and 4, for Finland, and 2 and 3, Gules, the cross of Saint John Argent.
		The Arms of the commandery are 1 and 4: Gules, a Greek cross Argent; 2 and 3: Gules, the eight-pointed cross of Saint John, Argent.
		The Arms of the commandery are 1 and 3 for Hungary, 2 and 4 Gules, the eight-pointed cross of Saint John Argent.
	www.chivalricorders.org /orders/stjohn/johanger.htm (5755 words)

	The Government and Geography of the Northern Frontier of Late Han, Rafe de Crespigny Publications, Faculty of Asian ...
		The commandery covered the mountainous country of the Min Shan in present-day southern Gansu and the borders of Sichuan, with the upper course of the Han River and of the Bailong Jiang.
		We are told, moreover, that the commanderies of Tianshui and Longxi were noted for their mountains and forests, and it seems certain that the timbered country of the Qin Ling extended northwards across the Wei, thinning gradually until it petered out in the grasslands of the steppes south of the Ordos.
		In particular, the Encampment at Liyang, near the Yellow River in Wei commandery in the west of the Yellow Plain, which had a complement of 1000 men, is known to have served as a source of supply for the command of the General Who Crosses the Liao stationed in the north of the Ordos.
	www.anu.edu.au /asianstudies/decrespigny/northern_front.html (11311 words)

	Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		This was the origin of the military commanderies whose contributions, called responsions, flowed into Jerusalem, swollen by the collections which the hospital was authorized to make in Europe.
		Maurice and Lazarus was hereditary in that house.
		Besides their commanderies the order had two houses where the knights might live in common, one of which, at Turin, was to contribute to combats on land, while the other, at Nice, had to provide galleys to fight the Turks at sea.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/herbermann/cathen09.html?term=Order%20of%20St.%20Lazarus%20of%20Jerusalem (1435 words)

	Untitled Document
		The process of the establishment of new commanderies in Portugal was difficult: it was only achieved after a considerable time and after several rounds of negotiations, both in Portugal and in Rome, with those who considered their interests to have been harmed.
		For commanderies, the requirement was greater (seven years) and a royal license was required granting authorization for the performance of service, or alternatively an individual could serve for a greater length of time (nine years) without previously having obtained authorization.
		The requirement for “services in Africa” to be performed for the granting of a commandery was retained until 1834; though by the end of the 16th century it was not enforced in the majority of cases.
	www.brown.edu /Departments/Portuguese_Brazilian_Studies/ejph/html/issue4/html/olival_main.html (7351 words)

	New Foundation of Commanderies for Russian Nobles
		When any commanderies shall become vacant, a commander may quit the one he already enjoys, to be preferred to a better: but in order io obtain such, the commander must possess the right of seniority, and not be indebted to the treasury of the order.
		The ninety-eight commanderies in this new institution shall be subject, equally with the other commanderies of the order of St. John of Jerusalem, to the mortuary and vacancy duties; and these duties shall be directed by the laws and customs established for this purpose.
		The commanderies which, as mentioned in the preceding article, shall be conferred by favour, shall be subject to the payment of all the duties fixed in the magisterial collations.
	www.orderstjohn.org /osj/rgp.htm (1083 words)

	Qin
		The area was divided up in 36 commanderies which were then subdivided into counties.
		These commanderies had a civil governor, a military commander, and an imperial inspector.
		The leaders of the commanderies had to report to the Emperor in writing.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/china/early_imperial_china/qin.html (564 words)

	Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		Thus their possessions were grouped into commanderies, which were soon invaded by laymen (many of them married), and thus arose the self-styled "Militia of the Holy Ghost".
		These lay knights assumed the revenues of these commanderies on condition of furnishing to the order an annual contribution analogous to the responsions of the military orders.
		As to the magisterial commandery at Rome, it was nearly always reserved for a prelate of the Roman Court.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/herbermann/cathen07.html?term=Orders%20of%20the%20Holy%20Ghost (1263 words)

	626-49. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		In another attack (750), Gao's forces crossed the Pamirs and the Hindukush before meeting defeat (751) at the Talas River near Samarkand, at the hands of the Arabs and western Turks (See 751).
		There were widescale rebellions throughout the regional commanderies.
		By the time the An Lu-shan Rebellion was finally quelled, the Tang militia and the equal-field land system (See Political, Social, and Cultural Patterns) were in ruins.
	www.bartleby.com /67/368.html (765 words)

	Search Results for "Commanderies"
		Houses of these knights which were not preceptories were called commanderies.
		...Later in the dynasty, the state was compelled to rely on mercenaries hired in the regional commanderies, a background cause of both the Rebellion of An Lu-shan and...
		The commanderies of the Teutonic order, and of that of Malta, at forty per...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Commanderies (299 words)

	The Knights Templar \| The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem - Part Two \| www.templarhistory.com
		The Grand Council is comprised of all Grand Officers, all serving Priors and Commandery Commanders, and all members holding the rank of Grand Cross.
		A Commandery is typically comprised of ten to twenty five members.
		Officers of Priories and Commanderies are elected by their membership to serve two year terms which cycles on odd years.
	www.templarhistory.com /smotj2.html (1322 words)

	The Order of Saint Stephen of Tuscany (Ordine di Santo Stefano di Toscana)
		He had already reduced the status of the commanderies by converting them into long term leases for the founding family by a decree of 2 March 1769 and, in 1783, abolished almost all the privileges of the knights, limiting the succession to family commanderies to the eldest sons.
		These were Commanderies of State, for which an endowment of 50,000 scudi was required, two categories of Grand Cross benefices - Priories which required a capital endowment of 20,000 scudi and Bailiwicks which required 15,000 scudi [14] - and simple Commanderies for knights which required an endowment of 10,000 scudi.
		In the event of there being no male heirs to the commandery, it would pass to the Order with the provision that legitimate daughters of the last holder would be entitled to divide three per cent of the capital value as an annual income for their lifetimes.
	www.chivalricorders.org /royalty/habsburg/tuscany/stephen.htm (4249 words)

	GRAND COMMANDERY
		RECEPTION OF You are cordially invited to attend the Reception of Grand Officers of the Grand Council of Cryptic Masons of Nebraska, and the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Nebraska on Sunday, April 23rd, 2006 from 2:00 p.m.
		The minority report (one Sir Knight) recommended that Subordinate Commanderies be ordered to amend their by-laws to require a new Sir Knight to uniform himself within ninety days of his dubbing, and that a paragraph be added to the petition for the Orders stating this requirement and pledging the applicant to comply.
		Moriah Commandery No. 4 attended a public memorial service for President Garfield in full uniform, and Mt. Calvary Commandery No. 1 held a memorial service in their asylum on the same date and time as he was laid to rest in Ohio.
	www.minerland.net /grandcommand.htm (15593 words)

	Chinese History - Han Dynasty æ¼¢ event history (www.chinaknowledge.de)
		The army reform of Emperor Wudi lead to the stationing of garrisons throughout the empire, in the capitals of the commanderies (jun é¡), from 111 on the standing army was organized in eight commanderies (xiaowei æ ¡å°).
		Sons of soldiers were later automatically received by these commanderies, a tendency that resulted in the hereditary status of military positions.
		In 112 the local governments were aborted, and the Han empire installed new commanderies that reached until the southern sea and the north of modern Vietnam (commanderies Jiaozhi äº¤è¶¾, Jiuzhen ä¹ç and Rinan æ—¥å—; Vietnamese Giao ChiÌ, CÆ°Ìu ChÃ¢n and NhÃ¢Ì£t Nam).
	www.chinaknowledge.de /History/Han/han-event.html (8024 words)

	A History of the Knight Templar Apron
		A single exception was made to this ruling, and that was to Washington Commandery #1 of the District of Columbia.
		This opposition was only quelled by the agreement on a compromise, by which the old Commanderies were to be exempted from the operation of the law.
		Reprint of the Proceedings of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of the State of Michigan from its Formation June, 1858 to and including Conclave of 1871.
	www.blaisdell.com /papers (2128 words)

	The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today
		Falling under the non-profit French federation, the Grand Conseil du Vin de Bordeaux (GCVB), the equally non-profit Commanderies de Bordeaux, which represents consumers, are part of a broad fellowship of wine-makers, traders and other industry players that are committed to spreading knowledge and sharing appreciation of all Bordeaux appellations in France and abroad.
		Accompanying them were Singapore Commanderie Maitre Keith Kuo and his treasurer, Wong Kok Long, who each wore the society's medallion on red and yellow ribbons against their chests.
		The main duty of a Commanderie de Bordeaux is to promote and to develop knowledge of Bordeaux wines in Indonesia through a variety of events, such as tastings and dinners, while its members continue to hone their own knowledge and appreciation of Bordeaux wines.
	www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20051204.H01 (1534 words)

	Order of the Knights of Christ
		The three vows were re-established, even for knights not living in houses of the order, though with certain mitigations, marriage, for instance, being permitted to those who could obtain a papal dispensation.
		The conditions of admission were noble birth and either two years' service in Africa or three years with the fleet, but commanderies could be held only by those who had served three years in Africa or five years with the fleet.
		The last attempt at a reform of the order was that of the Queen Donna Maria, made with the approbation of Pius VI (1789).
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/k/knights_of_christ,order_of.html (1002 words)

	Administrative Documents from Yinwan
		The register of officials serving on the staff of Donghai commandery suggests that it is necessaryt to distinguish between three categories of those of junior rank, although these differences are not so obvious in the historical texts.
		There were:(a) Officials posted in the commandery as part of the regular complement.(b) Officials serving on the staff of a senior official, in this case the Governor.(c) Others who were supernumerary, being present in the commandery for purposes that are not clear and which may have been somewhat varied.
		In the figures that are given in the documents, the ratio of household to individual stands at 1:5.2; this is somewhat higher than the general ratio of 1:4.6 that derives from the figures given in the Han shu for the whole empire at AD 1-2.
	ealc.uchicago.edu /earlychina/research_resources/notes/yinwan.htm (592 words)

	Starting an Order of the Grail Commandery
		Other Commanderies do not have this component, due to the lack of Initiators in their area who can transmit the succession to them.
		ICES LIBERS: To start a Commandery you ARE NOT required to be a member of ICES, but you may receive and study the first 2 levels or 20 libers.
		If there are enough Commandery members at that time ready to receive the 2nd and 3rd degree(s) perhaps these members can then equally share both the financial burden and the organizational tasks involved in making these arrangements.
	www.orderofthegrail.org /starting_an_order_of_the_grail_c.htm (1821 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem
		This was the origin of the military commanderies whose contributions, called responsions, flowed into Jerusalem, swollen by the
		Concordat of Leo X (1519) had resigned the nomination to the greater number of ecclesiastical benefices, evaded the Bull of suppression by conferring the commanderies of
		vacant commanderies everywhere, except in the states of the King of Spain, which included the greater part of Italy.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09096b.htm (1316 words)

	OMCE
		The OMCE has many regional groups or Commanderies, organised in Preceptories and Priories.
		Participating in the Commanderies' work will help every one of our members to access the Source of our Tradition and to unveil their own Inner Light, thus serving to spread that Light to all those who are open to it and who wish to receive it.
		This very gradual process of self development and mystical growth is facilitated by the work taking place in the Commanderies.
	www.omcesite.org /world.htm (113 words)

	ORB -- The Teutonic Knights
		Between 1215 and 1300, one or more commanderies were founded each year, usually through gifts.
		The Teutonic Order was invited into Greece (1209), Hungary (1211), and Prussia (1226) by secular rulers to perform military duties on their behalf.
		As the anticlerical French government expanded its political control in the 1790's, the Order lost its commanderies in Belgium and those west of the Rhine (1797).
	www.the-orb.net /encyclop/religion/monastic/opsahl1.html (1791 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Wiman Joseon
		Han China established four commanderies in the captured areas, of which Lelang or Nangnang was the most important.
		A military compaigner, Han China reached its greatest expansion under his reign, spanning from Kyrgyzstan in the west, Northern Korea...
		Lelang (樂浪郡 le4 lang4 jun4) was one of the Chinese commanderies which was kept in the Korean Peninsula over 400 years until Goguryeo conquers it in 313 A.D. History In 108 B.C. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered the area under Youqu (右渠), a grandson of Wei...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Wiman-Joseon (1009 words)

	Treaty establishing Commanderies for Russian Nobles.
		A Commander may, on the occasion of subsequent vacancies, on leaving the Commandery to which he had already been admitted move to a Commandery of Improvement, that is to say of better renown.
		The eighty-four Commanderies of this new Institution will be subject to, as all the other Commanderies of Malta, to the duties of Burial and vacancies, these will be regulated according to the laws and customs observed in all the Grand Priories.
		The acquisition of Commanderies will be carried out according to the conditions of Succession, the regulations outlined in the articles of this present Agreement.
	www.orderstjohn.org /osj/greek.htm (1199 words)

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