(n.) A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate
to the temple or principal house of the order in London. See
Commandery, n., 2.
手打:托马斯
双语例句
Thou wilt find him, as our scouts have brought notice, at the next Preceptory house of his Order. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
The Preceptor of Templestowe was then called on to describe the manner in which Bois-Guilbert and the Jewess arrived at the Preceptory. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
Who dares to arrest a Knight of the Temple of Zion, within the girth of his own Preceptory, and in the presence of the Grand Master? 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
Poor Isaac was hurried off accordingly, and expelled from the preceptory; all his entreaties, and even his offers, unheard and disregarded. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
And for the place of combat, I hold the fittest to be the lists of Saint George belonging to this Preceptory, and used by us for military exercise. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
And shall that power be denied to the Grand Master of the Temple within a preceptory of his Order? 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
Hast thou suffered the dotard to learn that Rebecca is in the Preceptory? 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
Isaac accordingly bade his friend farewell, and about an hour's riding brought him before the Preceptory of Templestowe. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
I have no mind to encounter a sentence of degradation, or even to lose my Preceptory, for the sake of a painted piece of Jewish flesh and blood. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
Thou canst not fly, said the Preceptor; thy ravings have excited suspicion, and thou wilt not be permitted to leave the Preceptory. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.