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templar¹

  • /ˈtemplər/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English templer, from Old French templier; cf. the Medieval Latin templārius, from Latin templum (“temple”).

noun templars

  1. UK A barrister having chambers in the Inner Temple or Middle Temple.

templar²

  • /ˈtemplər/ US

Where it comes from

From Late Latin templāris, from Latin templum (“temple”) + -āris, equivalent to temple + -ar.

adjective more templar · most templar

  1. obsolete Of or relating to a temple. c. 1815-1833?, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Donne solitary, family, and templar devotion

Templar³

Where it comes from

From Middle English templer, from Old French templier; cf. the Medieval Latin templarius, from Latin templum (“temple”).

noun Templars

  1. A Knight Templar, one of the Knights Templar.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: knight templar, temple, templardom, bencher, utter barrister, serjeant-at-law, barrister, commandery, ancient, inner bar, knight marshal, brief, serjeant, stable, barristership, knight

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noun one of the Knights Templar

Españoltemplario
한국어성전사 Seongjeonsa
中文聖殿騎士 /圣殿骑士 shèngdiàn qíshì
Portuguêstemplário
Françaistemplier, templière
DeutschTempler
Italianotemplare
ΕλληνικάΝαΐτης Naḯtis
Русскийтамплие́р tamplijér

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@misc{templar_2026,
  title = {templar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/templar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}