Knight Templars
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Knight Templar — noun 1. a man who belongs to a Masonic order in the United States • Hypernyms: ↑Freemason, ↑Mason 2. a knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher • Syn: ↑Templar • Hypernyms: ↑knight … Useful english dictionary
Templars — An order of religious knights which was organized in England in the twelfth century. A modern Masonic order, called the Knight Templars … Ballentine's law dictionary
Knight Templar — Knight Tem plar; pl. {Knights Templars}. See {Commandery}, n., 3, and also {Templar}, n., 1 and 3. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Templars, The Knights — • The earliest founders of the military orders Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
Knight Templar — Knight′ Tem′plar n. pl. Knights Templars, Knights Templar 1) why a member of a religious and military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118 and suppressed in 1312 2) why a member of a Masonic order in the U.S. claiming descent from… … From formal English to slang
Knight Templar — n. pl. Knights Templars 1. a member of a military and religious order established among the Crusaders about 1118 Knights Templar 2. a member of a certain order of Masons … English World dictionary
knight — knightless, adj. /nuyt/, n. 1. a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior in the Middle Ages. 2. (in Europe in the Middle Ages) a man, usually of noble birth, who after an apprenticeship as page and squire was raised to honorable military… … Universalium
Knight — /nuyt/, n. 1. Eric, 1897 1943, U.S. novelist, born in England. 2. Frank Hyneman /huy neuh meuhn/, 1885 1972, U.S. economist. * * * I French chevalier German Ritter In the European Middle Ages, a formally professed cavalryman, generally a vassal… … Universalium
Knight Templar — Similar to the Hospitallers, but more likely to provide protection and currency exchange for travellers to the Holy Lands. ♦ A military and religious order, founded about 1118 for the protection of the Holy Sepulchre and pilgrims to the Holy Land … Medieval glossary
Knight Templar — noun (plural Knights Templars or Knights Templar) Date: 1610 1. Templar 1 2. a member of an order of Freemasonry conferring three orders in the York rite … New Collegiate Dictionary
