A religious order of knight-hood, instituted about the year 1119, and so called because the members dwelt in a part of the temple of Jerusalem, and not far from the sepulcher of our Lord. They enter-tained Christian strangers and pilgrims char-ltably, and their profession was at first te defend travelers from highwaymen and rob* bers. The order was suppressed A. D. 1307, and their substance given partly to the knights of SL John of Jerusalem, and partly to other religious orders. Brown
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
