Templar
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Templars
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a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
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a barrister or other person occupying chambers in the Temple, London.
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a member of the Masonic order, Knights Templars.
noun
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a member of a military religious order ( Knights of the Temple of Solomon ) founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem around 1118 to defend the Holy Sepulchre and Christian pilgrims; suppressed in 1312
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(sometimes not capital) a lawyer, esp a barrister, who lives or has chambers in the Inner or Middle Temple in London
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Etymology
Origin of Templar
1250–1300; < Medieval Latin templārius ( see temple 1, -ar 2); replacing Middle English templer < Anglo-French ( see -er 2)
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The Europeans made plans to meet again, this time on Feb. 12, in a Belgian castle built by the Knights Templar, for a discussion Costa slated under “a new geoeconomic context.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
His big break came in 1962, playing Simon Templar in the TV series, The Saint.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024
Bernard also wrote the rules for the Knights Templar, one of the new crusading orders, religious orders of monks devoted to protecting Christian pilgrims and fighting to support Outremer.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Il Templare is a reference to Knights Templar who lived on the property in the 12th century, advised by Saint Bernard to drink wine to ward of various chills and ills.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2022
He pulled out a book called The Templar Device—anew book he’d shelved with the used books, his customary practice.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
But “Powers and Thrones” mentions Templars or Vikings more than 200 times without further comment.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2021
I bought a house there from a chapter of the Order of the Oriental Templars once run by Aleister Crowley, who had his own take on Gnosticism.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
What does the ending of restrictions mean for a place like Templars?
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2021
Two orders in particular, the Hospitallers and the Templars, would go on to achieve great wealth and power despite their professed vows of poverty.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Seriously, there is no part of me that cares about the welfare of assassins or Templars or any game character ever.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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