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Knights of Malta

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noun

  1. the order of Hospitalers.


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After all, the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George is not comparable to more familiar fraternal societies like the Knights of Columbus, or Catholic lay orders like the Knights of Malta.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2024

From 1530 to 1798, the Knights of Malta ruled the island.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2019

On our third day, Rojas-Berscia contacted a Maltese Facebook friend, who invited us to dinner in Birgu, a medieval city fortified by the Knights of Malta in the sixteenth century.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 27, 2018

Underneath his glum, almost menacing face, was a list of complaints: he'd removed priests, ignored the concerns of cardinals and "decapitated" an ancient Catholic group, the Knights of Malta.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2017

His collections have been acquired by the city of Arles, and installed in one of its most picturesque old buildings—the ancient Grand Priory of the Knights of Malta.

From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Paine, Albert Bigelow