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templar


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  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.] 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Templar  \Tem"plar\,  a. 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  a  temple.  [R.] 
 
  Solitary,  family,  and  templar  devotion.  --Coleridge. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Templar 
  n  :  a  knight  of  a  religious  military  order  established  in  1118 
  to  protect  pilgrims  and  the  Holy  Sepulcher  [syn:  {Knight 
  Templar},  {Templar}] 




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