Christian military order that was founded after the First Crusade in 1119 and banned in 1314.
1The idea of the Order of the Temple itself refused to die.
2The seeds of decay were sown in the Order of the Temple at its origin.
3This shall be the order of the temples.
4He was a knight of that mysterious Order of the Temple, which exercised at one time so great a command over the minds of men.