Knights Hospitallers

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noun

1. Also called: Knights of St John of Jerusalem.  Full name: Knights of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.  a military religious order founded about the time of the first crusade (1096–99) among European crusaders. It took its name from a hospital and hostel in Jerusalem

2. See Hospitaller

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There stood a small manor belonging to the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem.

From Time Magazine Archive

Extensive property in the parish also belonged to the priory of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem at Clerkenwell.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

Pope Anastasius IV. had conferred on the Knights Hospitallers of Jerusalem the privilege of exemption from tithes on their property, in consideration of its exclusive destination to the relief of pilgrims and of the poor.

From Pope Adrian IV An Historical Sketch by Raby, Richard

About one thousand years ago," he said, "the Order of the Knights Hospitallers was organized at Jerusalem, by Italians.

From A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise by Jacob, Robert Urie

In 1324, when the King granted the Knights Hospitallers the New Temple, the latter let the Temple to "divers apprentices of the law that came from Thaveis Inn in Holborn."

From The Customs of Old England by Snell, F. J. (Frederick John)