Knights Templars

American  

noun

1. a Masonic order in the U.S. claiming descent from the medieval order of Templars.

2. a plural of Knight Templar.

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Example Sentences

It failed to dislodge the narcos, although the group split in 2010, reforming as the Knights Templars, which combined a pseudo mystical ideology with cut-dathroat business instincts.

From The Guardian

Things have grown calmer, Larios conceded, but he cautioned that reports of kidnapping and extortion are again on the rise as smaller cartels emerge to take the place of the Knights Templars.

From The Guardian

Related: Mexican vigilantes take on drug cartels - and worry authorities Eventually the Knights Templars were driven from Apatzingán in 2013 by civilian “self-defence” groups, prompting Peña Nieto to name a close confidant, Alfredo Castillo, as security commissioner for Michaocán.

From The Guardian

The exhibition uses the 1539 theft of a jewel-encrusted golden falcon fashioned by the Knights Templars of Malta for Charles V of Spain as an inventive springboard.

From New York Times

In December, Mr. Mora said he decided to form his group in early 2013 after a lime-packaging plant controlled by the Knights Templars refused to accept limes picked by his son.

From New York Times