a religious military order founded c1190 in the Holy Land by German crusaders that originally did charitable work among the sick and later fought against the Slavic and Baltic peoples in the eastward expansion of medieval Germany. Also called Teutonic Knights .
TEUTONIC ORDER
Meaning of TEUTONIC ORDER in English
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012