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Quotation dates: 1533
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Rodis. [Cf. L. Rhodius, the island of Rhodes.] The Rodis, the Knights of Rhodes, the Hospitallers. —1533 Boece 485b.
In the regnne of the samyn prince, the ordoure of the knichtis namyt the Rodis had begynnyng