TEMPLE

Temple

A temple is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, or analogous rites. A templum constituted a sacred precinct as defined by a priest, or augur. It has the same root as the word "template," a plan in preparation of the building that was marked out on the ground by the augur. Templa also became associated with the dwelling places of a god or gods. Despite the specific set of meanings associated with the religion of the ancient Rome, the word has now become quite widely used to describe a house of worship for any number of religions and is even used for time periods prior to the Romans.

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temple

Noun

  1. A building for worship.
    The temple of Zeus was very large.
  2. The Jewish temple of Jerusalem, first built by Solomon.
  3. Something regarded as holding religious presence.
  4. Something of importance; something attended to.
    My body is my temple.
  5. A body.
  6. Hands held together with forefingers outstretched and touching pad to pad, with the rest of the fingers clasped.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.
  2. Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.

Verb

  1. To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to.
    to temple a god


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