templar

  • 91Knights Templar — The Knights Templar derived their name from having been the occupants of part of the place where Solomon s Temple used to be. (They were known first and fully as the Poor Knights of the Temple of Solomon.) The order was founded by Hugues de Payns …

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  • 92Knight 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… …

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  • 93Knights Templar —    This order of knights was founded in 1119 AD in the Holy Land. They were to guard the site of the Temple of Solomon, and to protect pilgrims who were coming to visit this site. Formed by two knights, Hugh de Payns and Godefroi de Saint Omer,… …

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  • 94Knights Templar — noun An order of medieval knights that existed for two centuries during the Crusades …

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  • 95Knight Templar — noun a) A knightly member of the crusader age military order of Templars b) A member of a York rite masonic order …

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  • 96knight templar — n. member of a medieval Christian military order; person who is a member of the Masonic order in the United States …

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  • 97Knights Templar —    Order originally founded in the twelfth century to protect pilgrims from bandits in the Holy Land …

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  • 98Knight 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 …

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  • 99good templar — noun Usage: usually capitalized G&T : a member of a secret society organized in the 19th century for the promotion of total abstinence from the use of alcoholic beverages …

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  • 100templarse — templar(se) ‘Dar el tono adecuado [a un instrumento]’, ‘entibiar(se)’ y ‘dar, o adquirir, temple o templanza’. Este verbo, así como su derivado destemplar(se) (‘hacer perder, o perder uno mismo, el temple o la templanza’), es regular en el… …

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