military order

English

Noun

military order (plural military orders)

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

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

Translations

order of knighthood

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軍事修會 / 军事修会

• Dutch: militaire orde, militaire ridderorde m
• Finnish: sotilasritarikunta
• French: ordre militaire m
• German: Militärorden m
• Latin: mīlitāris ōrdō m