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 /
noun
hospitaller
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British
/ ˈhɒspɪtələ /
noun
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
And Angus gave them into the care of Buichet, the Hospitaller of Leinster, and they stopped a year with him.
From Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory
The master hospitaller hearing of Ulenspiegel’s coming, came to see him and inquired if it was true that he could heal all diseases.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster
What may not have been the meek creature's sufferings, what his wanderings, before he finally settled down in the comparative comfort of an old hospitaller of the almonry of Newcastle?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 by Various
To-morrow I shall come here and standing in the street with the master hospitaller, I shall summon you all crying, ‘Let him that is not sick take up his duds and come!’
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster
He styles himself "hospitaller de l'ordre de haut pas," which was situated in the Faubourg St. Jacques of Paris.
From Game and Playe of the Chesse A Verbatim Reprint of the First Edition, 1474 by William Caxton
The master hospitaller asked them if they were cured and could walk.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster
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