Knight Templar
Knight Templar noun: a knightly member of the crusader age military order of Templars.
Noun
Knight Templar (plural Knight Templars or Knights Templar or Knights Templars)
- A knightly member of the crusader age military order of Templars.
- [T]he ſame Caſtels were delyuered into the handes of Roberte de Poyꝛon, Toſtes de Saint Omer, and Roberte Haſtings, thꝛee Knightes templers, […]1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “Henry the seconde”, in The Laste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume II, London: […] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC, page 400, column 2
- Heraclius patriarcha Hierosolymitanus ecclesiam militibus Templariis consecravit, […]1610, William Camden, “[Trinobantes.] Midle-sex.”, in Philémon Holland, transl., Britain, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, […]...
- A member of a York rite masonic order.
Forms of Knight Templar
| plural | Knight Templars |
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| plural | Knights Templar |
| plural | Knights Templars |
Origin of Knight Templar
From knight + Templar (ultimately from Latin templum (“temple”), notably the Temple Mount in Jerusalem).
Words formed from Knight Templar
- Knight Templardom
- Knight Templarism
- neo-Templarism
Questions about Knight Templar
- What does Knight Templar mean?
- Knight Templar means a knightly member of the crusader age military order of Templars.
- What part of speech is Knight Templar?
- Knight Templar is a noun.
- What is the plural of Knight Templar?
- The plural of Knight Templar is Knight Templars.
Words near Knight Templar in the dictionary
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