Knight Templar

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

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noun (plural knights templars or knights templar also knight templars)
Usage: usually capitalized K&T
1. : templar 1
2. : a member of the Knights Templars, an order of Freemasonry conferring three degrees in the York rite — compare chivalric rite

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pl. Knights Templars, Knights Templar.
Templar.

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Knight Templar,
plural Knights Templars for 1; Knights Templar for 2.
1. a member of a religious and military order founded in the Middle Ages to protect the Holy Sepulcher and pilgrims to the Holy Land.
2. a member of an order of Masons in the United States.

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