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- noun A person who attends
visitors in a religiousinstitution - noun A member of any of several religious
orders that cared for the sick inhospitals
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Examples
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He sought out the hospitaller, and made his farewells, and went to saddle up in the stable yard.
A River So Long 2010
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He had Einon's horse stalled and glossy and watered by the time Brother Denis the hospitaller came to bid them to the refectory, newly laid and decked for them after the brothers had ended their repast, and dispersed to enjoy their brief rest before the afternoon's work began.
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The hospitaller, gravely courteous, would not press him beyond what he cared to confide, but let him have his way, offered a confessor should he be in need, and left him to lead his horse to the stables and tend him before taking his own rest.
A River So Long 2010
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Not until the porter had shown forth all the curiosities and beauties of his church to the visitor did he hand Cadfael over to the hospitaller, to be furnished with a bed, and welcomed into the community at supper in the frater.
A River So Long 2010
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Imagine to yourself, round the table, the Marquis di Negro, a knight hospitaller to all men of talent on their travels, and the
Honorine 2007
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Imagine to yourself, round the table, the Marquis di Negro, a knight hospitaller to all men of talent on their travels, and the
Honorine 2007
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He sought out the hospitaller, and made his farewells, and went to saddle up in the stable yard.
Brother Cadfael's Penance Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1994
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Not until the porter had shown forth all the curiosities and beauties of his church to the visitor did he hand Cadfael over to the hospitaller, to be furnished with a bed, and welcomed into the community at supper in the frater.
Brother Cadfael's Penance Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1994
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The hospitaller, gravely courteous, would not press him beyond what he cared to confide, but let him have his way, offered a confessor should he be in need, and left him to lead his horse to the stables and tend him before taking his own rest.
Brother Cadfael's Penance Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1994
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February was not a busy month for Brother Denis the hospitaller, but there were always a few travellers in need of shelter.
The Holy Thief Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1992
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