Brother Hospitaler of St. John of God
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Definition of Brother Hospitaler of St. John of God
: a member of a Roman Catholic religious institute founded in 1540 at Granada, Spain, and devoted especially to the care of the sick
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Origin and Etymology of brother hospitaler of st. john of god
after St. John of God †1550 Spanish religious, who founded the institute
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