Knights Templar
Knights Templar is the plural of Knight Templar.
Proper noun
the Knights Templar pl (plural only)
- A chiefly military order of medieval knights that existed for nearly two centuries during the Crusades.
- Any of several branches of Freemasonry that claim descent from the medieval order.
Meaning of Knight Templar
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
- A member of a York rite masonic order.
Words formed from Knights Templar
Questions about Knights Templar
- What does Knights Templar mean?
- Knights Templar means a chiefly military order of medieval knights that existed for nearly two centuries during the Crusades.
- What is Knights Templar the plural of?
- Knights Templar is the plural of Knight Templar.
- What part of speech is Knights Templar?
- Knights Templar is a proper noun.
Words near Knights Templar in the dictionary
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