commanded ness (komandednes)

The state of being commanded. Hammond. commander (ko-man'der), n. [ ... I have given him for a leader and commander to the people. Isa. lv. 4. The Romans, when commanders in war, spake to their army and styled them, My Soldiers. Bacon , Apophthegms. Hence-2. One who has control, in any sense. [Rare.] Were we not made ourselves, free, unconfin'd, Commanders of our own affections? Beau. and Fl . , Woman-Hater, iii. 1. Specifically-3. In the British and United States navies, an officer next in rank below a captain and above a lieutenant or a lieutenant commander. He may command a ve el of the third or fourth cla , may be employed as chief of staff to a commodore on duty under a bureau, as aid to a flag-officer, etc. In the navy of the United States the commander ranks with a lieutenant-colonel in the army. Often, as a title, abbreviated Com. 4. (a) The chief officer of a commandery in the medieval orders of Knights Hospitallers, Tem 1125 cards. See card1. commanding manner; powerfully. commata plars, etc. See commandery, 2 (b). (b) A similar 5. Imperious; domineering. - Commanding officer in certain secret orders, as in the American order of Knights Templars. (c) A mem commandingly (ko-man'ding-li), adv. In a ber of a higher cla in a modern honorary order. Where there are five cla es, the commanders are the third in dignity; where there are three, they are generally the second: as, a commander of the Bath. 5. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet used in paving, or by sailmakers and riggers. His gang... stood in line with huge wooden beetles called commanders, and lifted them high and brought them down... with true nautical power and precision. C. Reade, Hard Cash, vii. 6. In surg., a box or cradle for incasing an injured limb.-7. In hat - making, a string which is pre ed down over a conical hat while it is on the block, to bring it to the required cylindrical form.-8. In medieval fort., same as cavalier, 5. [They laid] another [battery] against the Keepe of Andruzzi with two commanders , or caualiers, which were aboue with one fort of eleuen other pieces. Hakluyt's Voyages , II. 122. Parliamentary memorials promising so much interest, that, let them be treated in what manner they may, merely for the subjects, they are often commandingly attractive. De Quincey , Style, i.