HOSPITALLERS

hospitallers

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Hospitallers (hos-pi-t[schwa]l-[schwa]rz). A military and religious order founded in the 12th century and so called because it built a hospital at Jerusalem to care for pilgrims. • The Crown seized all its lands and goods in England under the Grantees of Reversions Act (1540). The Hospitallers still function in several countries as a humanitarian society.

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Hospital(l)ers

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Hospital(l)ers n. 医院骑士团；医院骑士团成员 又称耶路撒冷的圣约翰骑士团，乃12世纪由教皇建立的一个宗教军事团体，它在耶路撒冷为生病的朝圣者建立了一所医院。1314年，圣殿骑士团被镇压时，其财产转移到医院骑士团名下。爱德华三世时，医院骑士团将圣殿骑士团的修道院转让给律师，即后来的内殿律师公会〔Inner Temple〕和中殿律师公会〔Middle Temple〕。其余的地产根据英国1540年《继承权转让法》〔Grantees of Reversions Act〕转到王室名下。中东地区的医院骑士团仍继续存在。

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