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Definition of Templar
1. Noun. A knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher.
Definition of Templar
1. n. 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.
2. a. Of or pertaining to a temple.
Definition of Templar
1. Noun. One of the Knights Templar ¹
2. Noun. (legal British) A barrister having chambers in the Inner Temple or Middle Temple ¹
3. Adjective. (obsolete) Of or relating to a temple. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Templar
1. a lawyer or student of law in London [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Templar
Literary usage of Templar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusaders by Walter Scott (1878)
""Pshaw," said the templar, "I have seen thee bend thy lance boldly against him
in sport, and with equal chance of success—think thou art but in a tournament ..."
2. A Hebrew Anthology: A Collection of Poems and Dramas Inspired by the Old by George Alexander Kohut (1913)
"templar. Why so? 'Tis many a day since I have tasted meat. Besides, what need?
... The knight Should be upon his guard against the templar. ..."
3. History of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons by Henry Leonard Stillson (1890)
"of the ancient templar Order. Other examples might be quoted, intelligible to
the initiated alone ; in one of which, the highest degree of the rite, ..."
4. Author List of the New Hampshire State Library, June 1, 1902 by New Hampshire State Library (1904)
"Statutes and regulations, npnd : Knights templar: Grand commandery of North Carolina
... Constitution, forms for templar trials and installation ceremonies. ..."
5. The Freemason's Monitor: Or Illustrations of Masonry by Thomas Smith Webb, Robert Morris (1859)
"Not only every Knight templar must know to a certainty the absolute falsehood of
these charges, but every unprejudiced reader of ..."
6. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1854)
"The order of the Knights templar had, by the power and wealth of their ...
In the year 1307, he caused all the Knights templar in France to be arrested. ..."
7. London by Charles Knight (1842)
"Before Hugh de Payens' departure from England, he placed a Knight templar, called
the Prior of the Temple, at the head of the Society in this country, ..."
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