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  Teutonic Order

  noun

  a religious military order founded c1190 in the Holy Land by German crusaders that originally did charitable work among the sick and later fought against the Slavic and Baltic peoples in the eastward expansion of medieval Germany.
• Teutonic order
  Teutonic order

  noun

  a military and religious order of German knights, priests, and serving brothers founded about 1190 during the Third Crusade, later conquering large parts of the Baltic provinces and Russia

Teutonic Order

American  

noun

1. a religious military order founded c1190 in the Holy Land by German crusaders that originally did charitable work among the sick and later fought against the Slavic and Baltic peoples in the eastward expansion of medieval Germany.

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Teutonic order British  

noun

1. Also called: Teutonic Knights.  a military and religious order of German knights, priests, and serving brothers founded about 1190 during the Third Crusade, later conquering large parts of the Baltic provinces and Russia

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Warsaw had been asking for the return of the Teutonic Order archives since 1948.

From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025

The items reportedly also include documents from the Teutonic Order -- a Catholic brotherhood of crusading knights active in the Middle Ages.

From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025

These kingdoms lasted a remarkably long time; the Teutonic Order ruled Livonia until 1561, when it was finally ousted.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

The Teutonic Order ultimately outlasted the other crusading orders by centuries.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

The Teutonic Order was founded in Palestine near the end of the twelfth century to succeed some German hospitallers who had resided in Jerusalem till the capture of the city by Saracens in 1187.

From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

In the mid-1990s, he became disillusioned with the "Teutonic order" at Audi and left.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was the seat of the Knights of the Teutonic order, they, in fact, were the founders of the Prussian kingdom, after fifty-three years' struggle.

From Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. — a Memoir by Ledbury, Lady Biddulph of

He made himself sovereign over Prussia, and annexed the possessions of the Teutonic order to his family.

From A Short History of Germany by Parmele, Mary Platt

In all, there were two abbeys, two collegiate churches, the cathedral, forty-nine chapels, thirty-nine monasteries, two convents for women, and many commanderies of the Teutonic order and the Order of Malta.

From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

In 1250 the knights of the Teutonic order owned lands extending round Acre as far east as the Sea of Galilee, and including Ṣafed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various