Good Templaryn.
/ˌɡʊd ˈtɛmpləri/, U.S. /ˌɡʊd ˈtɛmpləri/ The principles, practices, and institutions of the Good Templars. Also: the Good Templars collectively, as an organization.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [noun] > organizations similar to masons
illuminati1797
Good Templary1872
illuminate1906
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [noun] > total abstinence > total abstinence society
temperance association1831
temperance society1831
teetotal1834
Band of Hope1847
Good Templary1872
Blue Ribbon Army1877
W.C.T.U.1888
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [noun] > organizations similar to masons > principles or practices of
Oddfellowship1846
Good Templary1872
Buffaloism1888
1872 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 13 Apr. 4/6 After tea the Lodge was called to order by the W.C.T., when short addresses on Good Templary were delivered by several brethren.
1873 Good Templars' Mag. Nov. 46 Total abstinence teaching and practice have, for a generation and more, pointed out the true solution, and Good Templary is emphasizing that teaching... The Good Templar believes that the drinking customs of society..do violence to the laws of commerce and political economy.
1897 Daily News 13 Feb. 6/7 The mortgagee of the chapel..objected to them on the ground that they were Good Templars, and Good Templary was not ‘a distinctly Christian organization’.
1908 J. C. Ford & F. Cundall Handbk. Jamaica 502 Good Templary is essentially a brotherhood, unsectarian, non-partisan, and it includes both sexes, and all nationalities.
1987 J. H. Haley C. N. Hunter & Race Relations in North Carolina ii. 29 The international order did have the authority to ensure that Good Templary was conducted worldwide in accordance with its constitution and laws.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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