Definition of "commandery" [com•mand•er•y]

• Obsolete spelling of commandry. (noun)
• An historical administrative level of China, the 郡. (noun)

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• "His commandery is a pleasant one, and well situated on the slopes of the hills; and the fresh air will, doubtless, speedily set you up."
• "In 618, the frontier commandery of Nanning was established."
• "His territory was placed under the new commandery of Yizhou. 23 By the end of the second century BCE, Han China had reached central Yunnan and part of west Yunnan, thus dividing the Southwestern Barbarian area into the four commanderies of Jianwei, Zangke, Yuexi, and Yizhou."