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Four chivalric orders, are known as the Order of Christ
Christ

Christ is the English language term for the Greek meaning "the anointing", which is a title given to






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Four chivalric orders, are known as the Order of Christ
Christ

Christ is the English language term for the Greek meaning "the anointing", which is a title given to the Reigning Messiah in the given age of the Zodiac....
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  • Order of Christ (Portugal)
    Order of Christ (Portugal)

    For the papal order of Knighthood see Order of Christ File:Convento Cristo Decemebr 2008-8.jpgFounded in 1318, the Military Order of Christ was the heritage of the Knights Templar in Portugal, after the suppression of the Templars in 1312....
     – former Knights Templar
    Knights Templar

    The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon , commonly known as the Knights Templar or the Order of the Temple , were among the most famous of the History of Christianity#Sanctification of knighthood military orders....
     Order
    Military order

    A military order is a Christian order of knighthood that is founded for Crusades, i.e. propagating and/or defending the faith , either in the Holy Land or against Islam or paganism in Europe, but many became secularization later....
     awarded initially by the kings of Portugal
    List of Portuguese monarchs

    This is a list of Portuguese monarchs dating from the independence of Portugal from the kingdom of Kingdom of Le?n in 1128 under Afonso Henriques, who proclaimed himself King in 1139, to the proclamation of the Portuguese Republic on October 5, 1910, during the reign of Manuel II of Portugal, "the Patriot," or "the Missed Kin...
    , now by the Portuguese state
  • Order of Christ (Brazil)
    Order of Christ (Brazil)

    The Imperial Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ is an order of merit instituted by emperor Pedro I of Brazil on December 7, 1822, on basis of Order of Christ ....
     – a former branch of the Portuguese Order of Christ
    Order of Christ (Portugal)

    For the papal order of Knighthood see Order of Christ File:Convento Cristo Decemebr 2008-8.jpgFounded in 1318, the Military Order of Christ was the heritage of the Knights Templar in Portugal, after the suppression of the Templars in 1312....
     in the Empire of Brazil, now a defunct Brazilian order;
  • Order of Christ (Kongo Empire) – instituted in the Kongo Empire
    Kingdom of Kongo

    The Kingdom of Kongo was an African kingdom located in west central Africa in what are now northern Angola, Cabinda , the Republic of the Congo, and the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo....
     by Álvaro I of the Kongo and his son Álvaro II of the Kongo.
  • Order of Christ (Papacy)
    Order of Christ (papacy)

    The Supreme Order of Christ is the supreme Order of Chivalry awarded by the Pope. It owes its origins to the same Order of Christ of the Knights Templar from which came the Order of Christ awarded by the Kings of Portugal....
     – the Papal Order.