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monument Word or Phrase:HOSPITALLERS PRECEPTORY *  
Definition:An estate or manor of a subordinate community of the Knights of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. Includes the mother house, the Priory of St. John, Clerkenwell.
monument Word or Phrase:TEMPLARS PRECEPTORY *  
Definition:The residence of a preceptor, officials and servants, etc, supervising the estates of the Knights Templars military order. Includes the mother house styled the Temple, London. The Order was suppressed in 1312.
monument Word or Phrase:PRECEPTORY *  
Definition:A manor or estate owned and run by an order of knights and governed by a preceptor.

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