[see -SHIP.] The office or position of commander.
1611. Cotgr., Commanderie, a commaunderie or commaundership.
1658. Ussher, Ann., 373. All commander-ships, and captain-ships in the army.
1885. Truth, 2 July, 2/2. [He] returned the insignia of his Grand Commandership, and retired from the Order.
1887. Daily News, 3 May, 2/2. The grievances of naval lieutenants … for which Lord Elphinstone explained a proposed remedy by the increase of commanderships.
