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Current : Chivalric orders are orders of knights that were created by European monarchs in imitation of the military orders of the Crusades. After the crusades, the memory of these crusading military orders became idealised and romanticised, resulting in the late medieval notion of chivalry, and is reflected in the Arthurian romances of the time.
Proposed: An order of chivalry is an association or fellowship of knights. Typically, chivalric orders recognize and bestow honors by granting chivalric ranks, such as knight, dame, commander, companion or member.
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Monarchical chivalric orders (e.g. Order of the Thistle, Order of the Dragon, Order of the Garter, Order of the Crown)
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Military chivalric orders (e.g. Knights Templar, Teutonic Knights, Order of Alcantara)
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Religious chivalric orders (e.g. Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Order of St. Gregory the Great, Order of the Golden Spur)
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Orders founded by noblemen (e.g. Order of St. Catherine and Order of the Crescent, Order of Saint Hubert)
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Modern chivalric orders (e.g. Order of the Elephant, Order of the British Empire, Order of Australia, Royal Norwegian Order of Merit)
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Pseudo-chivalric orders or self-styled order (e.g. Order of the Collar of Saint Agatha, Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Niadh Nask)
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Non-chivalric orders such as orders of merit and military awards (e.g. Distinguished Service Order, Order of Saint Barbara, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Order, Federal Cross of Merit)
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Use the Award type for these.
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Non-chivalric religious and monastic orders (e.g. Dominican Order, Order of Poor Ladies, Chishti Order, Order of Saint Benedict (Orthodox))
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Use the Religious order type for these.
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Fraternal and professional organizations (e.g. Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor, Order of Engineers, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order)
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Use the Organization type for these.