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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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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 • Apr. 3, 2014

Osorio Chong said on Wednesday the government had three leaders of the Knights Templars in its sights.

From Reuters • Jan. 16, 2014

They gather in the 1930s at Avignon, home of the medieval and mysterious Knights Templars.

From Time Magazine Archive

The four chief classes of degrees: "Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch," " Mark Grand Lodge," "Great Priory of Knights Templars," "Ancient and Accepted Rite."

From Time Magazine Archive

He then sold Cyprus to the Knights Templars, who presently resold it to Guy de Lusignan, titular king of Jerusalem.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various