Hospitaller
noun
a member of the order of the Knights Hospitallers
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hospitallernouna person, esp a member of certain religious orders, dedicated to hospital work, ambulance services, etc
Hospitaller
1 British
/ ˈhɒspɪtələ /
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hospitaller
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/ ˈhɒspɪtələ /
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Etymology
Origin of hospitaller
C14: from Old French hospitalier, from Medieval Latin hospitālārius, from hospitāle hospice; see hospital
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The fort’s museum describes the nobles of the multinational Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller, who along with the Maltese people helped repel the invaders.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2017
And, just below, a large red-and-white flag billowing above Rome’s glitziest shopping area signals the presence of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta.
From Economist ● Aug. 11, 2016
No rulers have been more closely associated with Malta than the Knights, otherwise known by their full name, the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2016
The Hospitaller Knights of St. John, founded during the Crusades, settled in Malta in 1530 and stayed until 1798, during which time they left an indelible mark.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2013
Father Michael, the Father Hospitaller, and a pair of brown-robed brothers came to the gate and spoke with me a while.
From Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes by Robert Louis Stevenson
He accepted the task; and in performing it he has sounded the note of panegyric with as hearty a good will as if he had been a knight hospitaller himself.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by William Hickling Prescott
HE was taken from his cell where he had passed many years in the deserts, ordained Priest, and placed in the dignity of hospitaller, by St. Athanasius.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
"Just come and sit over here, hospitaller of Cochin," said Eugene.
From Father Goriot by Ellen Marriage
This figure suppressed 9,934 teaching establishments, 1,856 hospital corps, and 822 establishments of a mixed nature, i. e. hospitaller and teaching.
From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Francis A. (Francis Aloysius) Cunningham
Many take the St. Isidore, mentioned in the Roman Martyrology, for the hospitaller; but Bulteau observes, that St. Isidore of Scété is rather meant; at least the former is honored by the Greeks.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
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