[ad. late L. templār-is, f. templum, TEMPLE sb.1: see -AR1.] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a (or the Jewish) temple.
1728. R. Morris, Ess. Anc. Archit., 3. The Example of … Solomon in Templar and Domal Architecture.
1812–29. Coleridge in Lit. Rem. (1838), III. 112. It would be better to regard solitary, family, and templar devotion as distinctions in sort, rather than differences in degree.
1840. Milman, Hist. Chr., II. 415. In the East, where the churches retained probably more of the templar form.
1845. J. Martineau, Misc. (1852), 118. They have no templar and sacerdotal duties, can offer no sacrifice, absolve from no sin.
