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military order

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An order of knighthood which has a military (typically crusading) as well as a spiritual vocation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The Teutonic Knights, Knights Templars and St. John's Hospitallers are famous military orders which crusaded within Europe and/or in the Holy Land

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8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 軍事修會 /军事修会 — order of knighthood
  • Dutch: militaire orde — order of knighthood
  • Dutch: militaire ridderorde — order of knighthood
  • Finnish: sotilasritarikunta — order of knighthood
  • French: ordre militaire — order of knighthood
  • German: Militärorden — order of knighthood
  • Latin: mīlitāris ōrdō — order of knighthood
  • Polish: zakon rycerski — order of knighthood