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“templar”
templar (s), templars (pl) (noun forms)
1. A knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher.
2. Etymology: from Anglo-French templer, Old French templier, from Middle Latin templaris (1157), member of the medieval religious/military order known as Knights Templars (c.1118-1312), so called because they had their headquarters in a building near Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem.
2. Etymology: from Anglo-French templer, Old French templier, from Middle Latin templaris (1157), member of the medieval religious/military order known as Knights Templars (c.1118-1312), so called because they had their headquarters in a building near Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem.
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