Knights Hospitallers

noun

1. Also calledKnights 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 Full nameKnights of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
2. See Hospitaller

Example Sentences

Yet in Castronuño, in Valladolid Province northwest of Madrid, a mysterious someone had struck again, this time at the Church of Santa María del Castillo, built around 1250 in the late-Romanesque style by the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem.

From New York Times

Yet in Castronuño, in Valladolid Province northwest of Madrid, a mysterious someone had struck again, this time at the Church of Santa María del Castillo, built around 1250 by the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem.

From New York Times

Of course the first and last thought one has of Malta is that the island was the home of the Order of the Knights of St. John, or Knights Hospitallers.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1086 the town included fees of the bishop, the dean and chapter, and the Knights Hospitallers, but was otherwise royal demesne.

From Project Gutenberg

Then arise those great orders which—half religious and half secular, as the Knights Hospitallers and the Templars, or entirely religious, like the Dominicans and Franciscans—defended the Church, cared for the sick and the poor, sacrificed themselves in spreading Christian faith and morality, and gave birth to countless institutions of charity.

From Project Gutenberg