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See also:GERARD (c. 1040-1120) , variously surnamed Tura, TUNc, TENQUE or THOM, founder of the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of the knights of St See also:John of See also:Jerusalem (q.v.), was See also:born at See also:Amalfi about the See also:year 1040. According to other accounts See also:Martigues in See also:Provence was his birthplace, while one authority even names the See also:Chateau d'See also:Avesnes in See also:Hainaut. Either as a soldier or a See also:merchant, he found his way to Jerusalem, where a See also:hospice had for some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time existed for the convenience of those who wished to visit the See also:holy places. Of this institution Gerard became See also:guardian or See also:provost at a date not later than Iroo; and here he organized that religious order of St John which received papal recognition from See also:Paschal II. in 1113, by a See also:bull which was renewed and confirmed by See also:Calixtus II. shortly before the See also:death of Gerard in 1120.
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