Editing Preceptor (section)

==Christian military orders==
A preceptor was historically in charge of a preceptory, the headquarters of an order of monastic knights, such as the [[Knights Hospitaller]] or the [[Knights Templar]], within a given geographical area.<ref>Zsolt Hunyadi, József Laszlovszky, ''The Crusades and the Military Orders: Expanding the Frontiers of Medieval Latin Christianity'' (Budapest, 2001), pp. 235, 270</ref> The preceptor exercised supreme control over his brethren and was answerable only to the [[Grand Master (order)|Grand Master]] of his order. A preceptory's main focus was on its church and on accommodation for the brethren. Examples in the UK include the Hospitaller [[Torphichen Preceptory]] in [[West Lothian]]; [[West Peckham Preceptory]] in Kent; the Templar [[Aslackby Preceptory]] in [[Lincolnshire]]; [[Keele Preceptory]] in [[Staffordshire]]; and [[Temple, Midlothian]].