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Meanings of hospitallers in English
Russian
иоанниты Portuguese
ordem de são joão Catalan
orde hospitaler Spanish
orden de san juan de jerusalen 
Medieval and early modern Catholic military order.
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Examples for "order of saint john of jerusalem"
Examples for "order of saint john of jerusalem"
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"Here," said Kennedy, "you have all that remains of the famous Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.
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In the Middle Ages there were orders of Hospitallers, consisting of laymen, monks, and knights, who devoted themselves entirely to the care of the sick.
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These men were the members of that association first known as the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, later as the Knights of Malta.
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"Soldier and sailor too" were the bold Knights of Saint John; for them no toil was too arduous, no danger too great.
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It once belonged to the Knights of St. John, whence its name.
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It seems unromantic; but THESE were not the romantic Knights of St. John.
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Grandmaster of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and defender of Malta against Solyman in 1565.
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But the most pitiable of all the galley slaves were those of the knights of St. John of Malta.
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Their bravery and good conduct gained them the esteem and respect of all the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem.
Usage of hospitallers in English
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All the hospitallers took the Sacrament as frequently as possible.
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Thus the number of lady-hospitallers increased year by year.
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M. de Salmon-Roquebert repeated the cry, which the regulations required the hospitallers to raise at each fresh immersion.
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The Sisters had to carry her in their arms, and on reaching the piscina the lady-hospitallers wouldn't bathe her.
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Some other lady-hospitallers were now arriving, quite a hiveful of busy bees, all eager to start on their work.
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And so the relief was general when Berthaud, thoroughly annoyed with the whole business, curtly shouted to the hospitallers: Take him out!
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The two ladies happened to be alone there that morning, all the other lady-hospitallers having gone to their devotions or their private affairs.
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The priest, however, had made a movement of surprise on perceiving Madame Volmar with the red cross of the lady-hospitallers on her black bodice.
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Some hospitallers were mounting guard at the door, but they all knew M. Chassaigne, and respectfully drew aside to let him enter with his companion.
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Some hospitallers, whose hands were gloved, were with difficulty wheeling their little vehicles in which were poor, sordid-looking women with old baskets at their feet.
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The term Hospitallers was applied to certain brotherhoods of monks and laymen.
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Seven Templars and as many Hospitallers alone escaped from the dreadful carnage.
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The Hospitallers, at any rate, have given no ground for such attacks.
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Vows of obedience, chastity, poverty, taken by the Hospitallers and Templars, 802-u.
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The Master of the Hospitallers nodded curtly and charged back into the fray.
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The Hospitallers and Templars took upon themselves vows of obedience, poverty, and chastity.
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Translations for hospitallers
Catalan
orde hospitalercavallers de rodesordre de sant joanhospitalers de sant joan de jerusalemcavallers d'acreordre de maltaorde dels hospitalers de sant joanorde de l'hospital de sant joan de jerusalemorde dels cavallers de sant joan de jerusalemorde hospitaler de sant joanorde de l'hospitalsantjoanistesorde de sant joan de jerusalemorde dels cavallers de rodesorde de sant joan de l'hospitalorde de rodesorde de malta
Hospitallers through the time