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Teutonic order

Teutonic \Teu*ton"ic\, a. [L. Teutonicus, from Teutoni, or Teutones. See Teuton.]

  1. Of or pertaining to the Teutons, esp. the ancient Teutons; Germanic.

  2. Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages.

    Teutonic languages, a group of languages forming a division of the Indo-European, or Aryan, family, and embracing the High German, Low German, Gothic, and Scandinavian dialects and languages.

    Teutonic order, a military religious order of knights, established toward the close of the twelfth century, in imitation of the Templars and Hospitalers, and composed chiefly of Teutons, or Germans. The order rapidly increased in numbers and strength till it became master of all Prussia, Livonia, and Pomerania. In its decay it was abolished by Napoleon; but it has been revived as an honorary order.

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Teutonic Order

The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem (official names: , ), commonly the Teutonic Order (today: German Order [Deutscher Orden], also Deutschherrenorden or Deutschritterorden), is a Catholic religious order originally founded as a military order in the 12th century (c. 1190) in Acre. Purely religious since 1929, it still confers limited honorary knighthoods.

The order was formed to aid Christians on their pilgrimages to the Holy Land and to establish hospitals. Its members have commonly been known as the Teutonic Knights, having a small voluntary and mercenary military membership, serving as a crusading military order for protection of Christians in the Holy Land and the Baltics during the Middle Ages.

Usage examples of "teutonic order".

The city was destroyed and rebuilt in turn by the dukes of Pomerelia, the grand masters of the Teutonic Order, the kings and antikings of Poland, the counts of Brandenburg, and the bishops of Wloclawek.

I want to know that there is no one in Turon except members of the Teutonic Order.

The duke vowed that if we beat the Mongols, we would fight the Teutonic Order next.

Teutonia was so named because of its conquest by a group of The Teutonic Order or Teutonic Knights of St.

A white mantle fluttered behind him, upon the left side of which was marked the broad black cross picked out with silver which was the well-known badge of the Teutonic Order.

Under the starboard wing slowly moved Lake Peipus, scene of Alexander Nevsky's great battle when the Knights of the Teutonic Order probed too far eastwards and went, complete with horses and heavy armour, through the ice crust and into the deep black water.

There are times, I have to say, when a little Teutonic order wouldn't go amiss in England-for instance, when people take two spaces in a parking lot because they can't be bothered to park correctly (the one offense for which, if I may speak freely here, I would support capital punishment).