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Teutonic Knights

Teu·ton·ic Knights or Teu·ton·ic Or·der


noun 
Definition:
 
German religious and military order: a German religious and military order that was founded as a charitable order in Palestine in 1190 during the Third Crusade but became a military organization operating in Eastern Europe. In the 13th century it conquered Prussia, where it introduced Christianity through killing many of the native inhabitants and colonizing it with Germans.

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