Templar noun. ['tɛmplǝ] Also (earlier) Templer. ME.
[Anglo-Norman templer, Old & mod. French templier from medieval Latin templari(u)s from Latin templum TEMPLE noun¹: see -AR².]
1. Hist. More fully Knight Templar. A member of a military and religious order, orig. occupying a building on the site of Solomon's temple in Jerusalem, founded chiefly for the protection of pilgrims to the Holy Land, and suppressed in 1312. ME.
b. In full Knight Templar. A member of an American Masonic order. Usu. in pl. US. M19.
c. In full Good Templar. A member of an American temperance society organized on Masonic lines. Usu. in pl. US. M19.

2. A lawyer or law student with chambers in the Temple, London. L16.

■ Templardom noun (rare) the world of Templars, Templars collectively L19.

■ Templary noun (a) = TEMPLAR noun 1; (b) (chiefly Hist.) Templars collectively; the system or organization of Templars: LME.

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templar adjective. ['tɛmplǝ] E18.
[Late Latin templaris, from templum TEMPLE noun¹: see -AR¹.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a temple.

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