English Explanatory Dictionary

Knight Templar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A knightly member of the crusader age military order of Templars.
  2. A member of a York rite masonic order.

Word forms

Knight Templar Knight Templars Knights Templar Knights Templars

Etymology

From knight + Templar (ultimately from Latin templum (“temple”), notably the Temple Mount in Jerusalem).

Related words

Knights Templar Knight Templary

Derived words

Knight Templardom Knight Templarism neo-Templarism
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