Templar

//ˈtemplər// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to a temple. obsolete

    "c. 1815-1833?, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Donne solitary, family, and templar devotion"

Noun
  1. 1
    A barrister having chambers in the Inner Temple or Middle Temple. British
  2. 2
    A Knight Templar, one of the Knights Templar.
  3. 3
    a knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English templer, from Old French templier; cf. the Medieval Latin templārius, from Latin templum (“temple”).

Etymology 2

From Late Latin templāris, from Latin templum (“temple”) + -āris, equivalent to temple + -ar.

Etymology 3

From Middle English templer, from Old French templier; cf. the Medieval Latin templarius, from Latin templum (“temple”).

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