Inner Temple

American

[in-er tem-puhl] / ˈɪn ər ˈtɛm pəl /

noun

Inns of Court1
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Inner Temple British

noun

(in England) one of the four legal societies in London that together form the Inns of Court

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Zahler previously served as Williamson’s business affairs director and assisted with projects like the “Enchanted Love Workshop: Building the Inner Temple of the Sacred and the Romantic.”

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2019

Cecil Beaton used the bomb-damaged Inner Temple as the backdrop for an image of a suited model in a defiant pose.”

From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2016

In 1888, he went to London to study Indian law and jurisprudence and train as a barrister at the Inner Temple.

From Washington Post • May 12, 2013

It is not the Oxford-educated public-schoolboy, or the dapper Inner Temple barrister.

From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2010

He entered the Inner Temple, became Solicitor-General in 1679, being elected to the House of Commons for the University of Oxford in the same year.

From State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social by Various

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