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

There are other instances of death that some use to reify the examples of the unlucky Friday, the 13th, including the legend that more than 100 of the Knights Templar are believed to have been tortured and killed by France’s King Philip IV on Friday, Oct. 13, 1307. —Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 13 Sep. 2024

Some speculate that Friday the 13th is unlucky because Judas was the 13th guest at the Last Supper, or that Knights Templar were condemned on a Friday the 13th. —Kaity Kline, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024

On Templar Place, Oakland, in February 2023, a 3,927-square-foot home was sold for $3,470,000, a price per square foot of $884. —Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024

Famously, King Philip of France, being deeply indebted to the Knights Templar, destroyed the order by accusing them of heresy. —Rafael Perez, Orange County Register, 12 Apr. 2024

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

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