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Preceptory  n.  (pl. preceptories)  A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate to the temple or principal house of the order in London. See Commandery, n., 2.






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"Preceptory" Quotes from Famous Books



... village outposts of Dublin, Chapelizod once held a considerable, if not a foremost rank. Without mentioning its connexion with the history of the great Kilmainham Preceptory of the Knights of St. John, it will be enough to remind the reader of its ancient and celebrated Castle, not one vestige of which now remains, and of the fact that it was for, we believe, some centuries, the summer residence of the Viceroys of Ireland. ...
— J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu



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