Explore Hospitaller through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Hospitaller meaning
- A person who attends visitors in a religious institution.
- A member of any of several religious orders that cared for the sick in hospitals.
Using Hospitaller
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who attends visitors in a religious institution. | A member of any of several religious orders that cared for the sick in hospitals.
- In the example corpus, hospitaller often appears in combinations such as: the hospitaller, knights hospitaller.
Context around Hospitaller
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hospitaller
- In this selection, "hospitaller" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, knights, knight, knights, brothers and period stand out and add context to how "hospitaller" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the hospitaller knights who and order the hospitaller brothers of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hospitaller" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hospitaller
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The stone plinth dates back to the Hospitaller period and originally supported a large timber crucifix. (16 words)
The Knights Hospitaller eagerly supported this invasion, while the Knights Templar refused to have any part in it. (18 words)
Ferdinand von Hompesch was the only German and the last grand master of the Hospitaller Knights who ruled in Malta. (20 words)
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into abuse in state care has launched eight new investigations including one about the Christchurch school which was run by the Catholic religious order, the Hospitaller Brothers of St John of God, from the 1950s to 1984. (42 words)
The position of the Knights Hospitaller and Knights Templar is more complicated; though they refused to join the emperor's army directly, they supported the crusade once Frederick agreed to have his name removed from official orders. (37 words)
Jørgensen speculates that Bishop Theoderich might have carried the Knight Hospitaller's banner in the 1219 battle and that "the enemy thought this was the King's symbol and mistakenly stormed Bishop Theoderich tent. (34 words)
Example sentences (7)
Ferdinand von Hompesch was the only German and the last grand master of the Hospitaller Knights who ruled in Malta.
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into abuse in state care has launched eight new investigations including one about the Christchurch school which was run by the Catholic religious order, the Hospitaller Brothers of St John of God, from the 1950s to 1984.
The stone plinth dates back to the Hospitaller period and originally supported a large timber crucifix.
Also during the Middle Ages, the Knights Hospitaller were known for rendering assistance to wounded soldiers in the battlefield. citation A 1973 Cadillac Miller-Meteor ambulance.
Jørgensen speculates that Bishop Theoderich might have carried the Knight Hospitaller's banner in the 1219 battle and that "the enemy thought this was the King's symbol and mistakenly stormed Bishop Theoderich tent.
The Knights Hospitaller eagerly supported this invasion, while the Knights Templar refused to have any part in it.
The position of the Knights Hospitaller and Knights Templar is more complicated; though they refused to join the emperor's army directly, they supported the crusade once Frederick agreed to have his name removed from official orders.
Common combinations with hospitaller
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: