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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1817

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TEMPLAR, adj. Temporal, belonging to the temples or sides of the forehead.Sc. 1817 Scots Mag. (May) 393:
The templar artery, or some of its branches, was cut.

[Erron. transference of Eng. templar, adj. from temple (at Jerusalem), to temple (of the head).]

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