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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

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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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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

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

From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025

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

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

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

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

In 1454 the town repudiated the overlordship of the Teutonic Order, and placed itself under the protection of the king of Poland, becoming the seat of a Polish voivode.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Cottbus and Peitz in Lusatia were acquired, and retained after a quarrel with George Podiebrad, king of Bohemia, and the new mark of Brandenburg was purchased from the Teutonic order in 1454.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

Is it a grand master of the Teutonic order, or is it the great Elector?

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

In 1410 the Teutonic order received a most crushing defeat at Tannenberg from the King of Poland, assisted by bodies of Russians, Lithuanians, and Tartars.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

The most conspicuous factor in this labor of colonization was the Teutonic order of chivalry, transferred to the Baltic from Palestine.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 by Various