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Order of the Knights of Christ
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Military order, organized, 1317, to replace the Knights Templar in Portugal, and granted their possessions; it undertook the conquest of Islam in Africa. The religious spirit gradually declined, the grand mastership became a prerogative of the crown, and in the 19th century its possessions were confiscated. The papal decoration, Order of Christ, owes its origin to this order.
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Entry for 'Order of the Knights of Christ'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/o/order-of-the-knights-of-christ.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Order of the Knights of Christ'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/o/order-of-the-knights-of-christ.html. 1910.
