\Pre*cep"to*ry\ (?; 277), a.
Preceptive. ``A law preceptory.'' --Anderson (1573).

\Pre*cep"to*ry\, n.; pl. {Preceptories}. [LL.
praeceptoria an estate assigned to a preceptor, from L.
praeceptor a commander, ruler, teacher, in LL., procurator,
administrator among the Knights Templars. See {Preceptor}.]
A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate to the
temple or principal house of the order in London. See
{Commandery}, n., 2.