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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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