or Knight Templar Member of a religious military order of knighthood established during the Crusades. At its beginning ( 1119), the group consisted of eight or nine French knights who devoted themselves to protecting from Muslim warriors those on pilgrimage to Jerusalem. They were given quarters near the site of the former Temple of Jerusalem, from which they derived their name. Taking vows of poverty and chastity, they performed courageous service, and their numbers increased rapidly, partly because of the propagandistic writing of St. Bernard de Clairvaux, who also wrote their rule of life. They flourished for two centuries, expanding to other countries, growing in number to 20,000, and acquiring vast wealth and property. By 1304 rumours, probably false, of irreligious practices and blasphemies had made them the target of persecution. In 1307 Philip IV of France and Pope Clement V initiated the offensive that culminated in the Templars' final suppression in 1312, including the confiscation of all their property and the imprisonment or execution of many members; their last leader, Jacques de Molay (1243-1314), was burned at the stake
A student of law, so called from having apartments in the Temple at London, the original buildings having belonged to the Knights Templars
One of a religious and military order first established at Jerusalem, in the early part of the 12th century, for the protection of pilgrims and of the Holy Sepulcher
a knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher
This caste of the Protoss, is responsible for the execution of the Conclave dictation, until the Templar started overcoming this caste
A member of the order called Templars, Knights Templar, Knights of the Temple, etc It was founded in 1118 or 1119 by nine Christian knights, the original object of the organization being to maintain free passage for the pilgrims visiting the Holy Land Baldwin II King of Jerusalem gave them part of his palace, and they kept their arms in the Temple, hence their name of Templars
a knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher a man who belongs to a Masonic order in the United States