Noun
A person who attends visitors in a religious institution.
A member of any of several religious orders that cared for the sick in hospitals.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAlso 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. Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet
The Knights Hospitaller eagerly supported this invasion, while the Knights Templar refused to have any part in it. Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet