templar means A Knight Templar, one of the Knights Templar. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.
templar is pronounced /ˈtemplər/.
Why “templar” is a great word
A member of a powerful medieval Catholic military order sworn to protect pilgrims, or a barrister with chambers in the historic legal precincts of the Inner or Middle Temple in London. From Middle English templer, from Old French templier, from Medieval Latin templarius, from Latin templum ('temple'), first attested as a surname c. 1200 and as a common noun in the late 13th century. Unlike a 'knight,' a general warrior of noble birth, or a 'crusader,' any participant in the holy wars, a Templar was a sworn monastic brother of a specific, formidable institution, bound by poverty, chastity, and obedience. It evokes the white mantle bearing the red cross moving through the dust of Outremer, the vast stone vaults of the Paris Temple housing a legendary treasury, and the sober black gown of a lawyer crossing flagstones that were once the order's stronghold—a word forever suspended between the sacred militancy of the cloister and the secular combat of the court.
Etymology
From Middle English templer, from Old French templier; cf. the Medieval Latin templarius, from Latin templum (“temple”).
noun
- A Knight Templar, one of the Knights Templar.
- A barrister having chambers in the Inner Temple or Middle Temple.
adj
- Of or relating to a temple.“c. 1815-1833?, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Donne
solitary, family, and templar devotion”