An archaic or variant form of commandery; a military religious property or the office of a commander in such an order.
An older spelling variant of 'commandery,' reflecting 16th-17th century English orthography before spelling became standardized. Both forms derive from French 'commanderie.'
Old spelling variants like 'commandrie' are time capsules—they show us that people wrote more creatively before standardization, and English spelling wars were much messier than today.
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