Templar

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Templar \Tem"plar\, n. [OE. templere, F. templier, LL.
     templarius. See {Temple} a church.]
     1. One of a religious and military order first established at
        Jerusalem, in the early part of the 12th century, for the
        protection of pilgrims and of the Holy Sepulcher. These
        Knights Templars, or Knights of the Temple, were so named


        because they occupied an apartment of the palace of
        Bladwin II. in Jerusalem, near the Temple.
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     Note: The order was first limited in numbers, and its members
           were bound by vows of chastity and poverty. After the
           conquest of Palestine by the Saracens, the Templars
           spread over Europe, and, by reason of their reputation
           for valor and piety, they were enriched by numerous
           donations of money and lands. The extravagances and
           vices of the later Templars, however, finally led to
           the suppression of the order by the Council of Vienne
           in 1312.
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     2. A student of law, so called from having apartments in the
        Temple at London, the original buildings having belonged
        to the Knights Templars. See {Inner Temple}, and {Middle
        Temple}, under {Temple}. [Eng.]
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     3. One belonged to a certain order or degree among the
        Freemasons, called Knights Templars. Also, one of an order
        among temperance men, styled Good Templars.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Templar \Tem"plar\, a.
     Of or pertaining to a temple. [R.]
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           Solitary, family, and templar devotion.  --Coleridge.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Templar
       n : a knight of a religious military order established in 1118
           to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher [syn: {Knight
           Templar}]