Templar
/ˈtɛm.plɚ/noun
A member of a medieval military order originally associated with the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem.
Did you know?The word comes from the Latin templum, and the Knights Templar took their name because their headquarters were built on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, turning a sacred place-name into a symbol of crusading power.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*tem-
“to cut or mark off, with the sense of a bounded space”
Classical Latin
Latin
templum
“a consecrated space, shrine, or temple”
Late Latin
Latin
templārius
“of or belonging to a temple”
Old French
Old French
templier
“a member of the Knights Templar”
Middle English
English
templer
“a Templar knight”
Modern English
English
templar
“a member of the medieval military order of the Knights Templar”
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