commandership

Definition of Commandership in English :

1. commandership, commandery

the position or office of commander

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Commandership

noun

1.

an officer in command of a military formation or operation

2.

a naval commissioned rank junior to captain but senior to lieutenant commander

3.

the second in command of larger British warships

4.

someone who holds authority

5.

a high-ranking member of some knightly or fraternal orders

6.

an officer responsible for a district of the Metropolitan Police in London

7. history

the administrator of a house, priory, or landed estate of a medieval religious order

noun

1.

a person who commands; leader

; specif.,

a.

the chief officer of a unit in certain societies and fraternal orders

b.

commanding officer

2.

a high-ranking member of an order of knighthood

3. Us Navy

an officer ranking above a lieutenant commander and below a captain