TEMENOS

Etymology

Noun

temenos (plural temenoi or temene)

A piece of ground surrounding or adjacent to a temple; a sacred enclosure or precinct.

A piece of land marked off from common uses and assigned as an official domain, especially to a king, chief, or god.

A sacred circle where one can be oneself without fear.

Anagrams

• mesonet, stone me, tensome, tonemes

Source: Wiktionary



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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