TEMPEST
Tem"pest, v. i.
Defn: To storm. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
TEMPESTIVE
Tem*pes"tive, a. Etym: [L. tempestivus.]
Defn: Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers. [Obs.] Heywood.
— Tem*pes"tive*ly, adv. [Obs.]
TEMPESTIVILY
Tem`pes*tiv"i*ly, n. Etym: [L. tempestivitas.]
Defn: The quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness.
[Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
TEMPESTUOUS Tem*pes"tu*ous, a. Etym: [L. tempestuous: cf. OF. tempestueux, F. tempêtueux.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate. — Tem*pes"tu*ous*ly, adv. — Tem*pes"tu*ous*ness, n. They saw the Hebrew leader, Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard. Longfellow.
TEMPLAR
Tem"plar, n. Etym: [OE. templere, F. templier, LL. templarius. See
Temple a church.]
1. 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. These Knights Templars, or Knights of the Temple, were so named because they occupied an apartment of the palace of Bladwin II. in Jerusalem, near the Temple.