Knights Hospitallers

British  

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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Knights Hospitallers

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

From Time Magazine Archive

By his black robe and the eight-pointed cross upon his sleeve, Alleyne recognized him as one of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, whose presbytery was at Baddesley.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

The Knights Hospitallers, in the person of their Master, Raymund, were in 1151 A.D. put in charge of the foundation.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Sergeant, Philip Walsingham

On the north-west was the Priory of St. John-of-Jerusalem, founded by the Knights Hospitallers.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less by Worley, George

Prior Utlagh and witchcraft The Earl of Kildare gave way in 1328 to a remarkable ecclesiastic, Prior Roger Utlagh, Chancellor and Prior of the Knights Hospitallers of Kilmainham.

From The Viceroys of Ireland by O'Mahony, Charles