Note: The order was first limited in numbers, and its members were bound by vows of chastity and poverty. After the conquest of Palestine by the Saracens, the Templars spread over Europe, and, by reason of their reputation for valor and piety, they were enriched by numerous donations of money and lands. The extravagances and vices of the later Templars, however, finally led to the suppression of the order by the Council of Vienne in 1312.
2. A student of law, so called from having apartments in the Temple at London, the original buildings having belonged to the Knights Templars. See Inner Temple, and Middle Temple, under Temple. [Eng.]
3. One belonged to a certain order or degree among the Freemasons, called Knights Templars. Also, one of an order among temperance men, styled Good Templars.
TEMPLAR
Tem"plar, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a temple. [R.]
Solitary, family, and templar devotion. Coleridge.
TEMPLATE
Tem"plate, n.
Defn: Same as Templet.
TEMPLE
Tem"ple, n. Etym: [Cf. Templet.] (Weaving)
Defn: A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
TEMPLE Tem"ple, n. Etym: [OF. temple, F. tempe, from L. tempora, tempus; perhaps originally, the right place, the fatal spot, supposed to be the same word as tempus, temporis, the fitting or appointed time. See Temporal of time, and cf. Tempo, Tense, n.]