Word
Templar
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
tem-plar
Definition
- 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.
- n. - 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.
- n. - 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.
- a. - Of or pertaining to a temple.
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