Templar
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The term Templar may refer to:
Orders and societies
- Knights Templar, a medieval Christian military order that was very prominent in the Crusades, from the early 1100s until the early 1300s. Related articles include:
Templar may also refer to more recent organizations which pattern themselves after the medieval order:
- Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem
- Militia Templi, a present-day Catholic lay association
In fiction and electronic entertainment
Templar may refer to:
- Simon Templar, a fictional character in the 1928-1997 series of books entitled The Saint
- Knight Templar (The Saint), a 1930s novel which appeared as part of the Simon Templar series
- Templar, Arizona, a webcomic
- Templar Caste, a fictional organization (Protoss caste) in the StarCraft computer game
- High Templar and Dark Templar, fictional character classes in the StarCraft computer game
- The Knights Templar (Deus Ex), a fictional organization in the computer game Deus Ex and its sequel, Deus Ex: Invisible War, based on the legends surrounding the real-life order.
- Black Templars, a fictional Space Marine chapter from Warhammer 40,000
- Jan Templar, the main character in Killzone 1 for the PlayStation 2.
- Luminoth Templars, a fictional group in the Nintendo GameCube's Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
- Templars, a fictional religious order in Dan Simmons's Hyperion Cantos science fiction novels
- the TLR-O Templar is a Federated Suns Omnimech in the strategy wargame, Battletech and it's spinoff, Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries
Other uses
- The Templars (band), a musical group
- Templar automobile, a U.S. manufacturer of automobiles in the 1920s
- The mascot of Manti High School in Manti, Utah