Templar

noun

Tem·​plar ˈtem-plər 

1

: a knight of a religious military order established in the early 12th century in Jerusalem for the protection of pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher

2

: knight templar sense 2

Examples of Templar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The house features three bedrooms and one bathrooms. 6. $1.9 million, single-family home in the first block of Templar Place A sale has been finalized for the single-family residence in the first block of Templar Place in Oakland. —Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024

After all, the Knights Templar cartel originated in 2011 as a local self-defense force that fought the brutal Familia Michoacana cartel. —Patricio Asfura-Heim, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2014

In mid-February, in the rugged, sweltering part of the western Mexican state of Michoacán known as Tierra Caliente, or the Hot Land, groups of armed vigilantes advanced town by town, valley by valley, against a vicious drug trafficking cartel, the Knights Templar. —Patricio Asfura-Heim, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2014

Baphomet is a winged creature with a goat head, and references to it include when the Knights Templar were accused of worshipping it by Philip IV of France, according to its entry in Encyclopedia Britannica. —Phil Helsel, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024

Discovered in 1835, experts have been unable to make a definitive estimate of its age, and its purpose also remains a total unknown — though some theories suggest it could be related to the Knights Templar, a prehistoric astronomical society, or some 18th-century rich guy’s hobby. —Kaye Toal, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2024

Regé-Jean Page, a breakout actor from Netflix’s Bridgerton, was earlier tapped to star in and executive produce the studio’s imagining of the movie based on the early 20th century adventure novels by Leslie Charteris that featured a mysterious man named Simon Templar taking down various bad guys. —Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2023

After failing to recover an important artifact from the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem, Altaïr receives an opportunity to redeem himself by assassinating nine members of the rival Knights Templar. —Nicholas Liu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023

The film follows the Man Without a Face, a criminal attempting to find the elusive treasures of the Knights Templar. —Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 21 July 2023

Word History

Etymology

Middle English templer, templere, borrowed from Anglo-French templer, templier, borrowed from Medieval Latin templārius, from Templum, the Knights Templar, originally "The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem" (Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Salomonici Hierosolemitani, so named because their early headquarters were located on Temple Mount in Jerusalem) + Latin -ārius -ary entry 1 — more at temple entry 1

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing Templar

• Knight Templar