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TEMPLE
synagogue, temple, tabernacle
(noun) (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
temple
(noun) place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
temple
(noun) an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes
temple
(noun) the flat area on either side of the forehead; “the veins in his temple throbbed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
temple (plural temples)
A house of worship, especially
A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith.
(Judaism) synonym of synagogue, especially a non-Orthodox synagogue.
(Mormonism) A church closed to non-Mormons and necessary for particular rituals.
(in Japan) A Buddhist house of worship, as opposed to a Shinto shrine.
A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members.
(figurative) Any place regarded as holding a religious presence.
(figurative) Any place seen as an important centre for some activity.
(figurative) Anything regarded as important or minutely cared for.
(figurative) A gesture wherein the forefingers are outstretched and touch pad to pad while the other fingers are clasped together.
Synonyms
• (house of worship): house of worship, place of worship
Hyponyms
• (house of worship): church (Christian, usually distinguished); mosque (Muslim, usually distinguished); synagogue (Jewish); athenaeum (dedicated to Athena), Mithraeum (dedicated to Mithras); Iseum, Iseion (dedicated to Isis); serapeum (dedicated to Serapis); hecatompedon (a temple of 100 feet length or square)
Coordinate terms
• (house of worship): shrine (smaller)
• (exclusive Mormon house of worship): meeting house, church (non-exclusive)
Verb
temple (third-person singular simple present temples, present participle templing, simple past and past participle templed)
(transitive) To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; to temple a god
Etymology 2
Noun
temple (plural temples)
(anatomy) The slightly flatter region, on either side of the human head, behind of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear.
(ophthalmology) Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.
Etymology 3
Noun
temple (plural temples)
(weaving) A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
Anagrams
• pelmet
Proper noun
Temple
A male given name from Latin.
A female given name from Latin.
A surname.
Places in the United Kingdom
A suburb of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5469).
A village in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3158).
A village on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1473).
Places in the United States
A city in Carroll County and Haralson County, Georgia, United States.
An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Indiana, United States.
A town in Franklin County, Maine, United States.
An unincorporated community in Clare County, Michigan, United States.
A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States.
A ghost town in Williams County, North Dakota, United States.
A town in Cotton County, Oklahoma, United States.
A census-designated place in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
A city in Bell County, Texas, United States.
A neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
(Judaism, Christianity, historical) Any of the former chief temples to YHWH in Jerusalem, particularly Solomon's Temple.
Either of two of the Inns of Court in London (the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple), built on a site once occupied by the Knights Templar.
Anagrams
• pelmet
Source: Wiktionary
Tem"ple, n. Etym: [Cf. Templet.] (Weaving)
Definition: A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
Tem"ple, n. Etym: [OF. temple, F. tempe, from L. tempora, tempus; perhaps originally, the right place, the fatal spot, supposed to be the same word as tempus, temporis, the fitting or appointed time. See Temporal of time, and cf. Tempo, Tense, n.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: The space, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.
2. One of the side bars of a pair of spectacles, jointed to the bows, and passing one on either side of the head to hold the spectacles in place.
Tem"ple, n. Etym: [AS. tempel, from L. templum a space marked out, sanctuary, temple; cf. Gr. témple, from the Latin. Cf. Contemplate.]
1. A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity; as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in India. "The temple of mighty Mars." Chaucer.
2. (Jewish Antiq.)
Definition: The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah. Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. John x. 23.
3. Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church. Can he whose life is a perpetual insult to the authority of God enter with any pleasure a temple consecrated to devotion and sanctified by prayer Buckminster.
4. Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially resides. "The temple of his body." John ii. 21. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you 1 Cor. iii. 16. The groves were God's first temples. Bryant. Inner Temple, and Middle Temple, two buildings, or ranges of buildings, occupied by two inns of court in London, on the site of a monastic establishment of the Knights Templars, called the Temple.
Tem"ple, v. t.
Definition: To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god. [R.] Feltham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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