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Temple

Temple Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Temple? [n] (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation [n] place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity [n] an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes [n] the flat area on either side of the forehead; "the veins in his temple throbbed" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Temple: synagogue \| tabernacle Related Terms \| Find terms related to Temple: See Also \| building \| caput \| column \| edifice \| entablature \| feature \| head \| house of God \| house of prayer \| house of worship \| joss house \| lineament \| Mormon Tabernacle \| pagoda \| pantheon \| Parthenon \| pillar \| place of worship \| ziggurat \| zikkurat \| zikurat Temple In Webster's Dictionary \Tem"ple\, n. 1. (Mormon Ch.) A building dedicated to the administration of ordinances. 2. A local organization of Odd Fellows. \Tem"ple\, n. [Cf. {Templet}.] (Weaving) A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely. \Tem"ple\, n. [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.) 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. [AS. tempel, from L. templum a space marked out, sanctuary, temple; cf. Gr. ? a piece of land marked off, land dedicated to a god: cf. F. t['e]mple, 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.) 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}, & {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. To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god. [R.] --Feltham.

Temple Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Temple?

[n] (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
[n] place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
[n] an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes
[n] the flat area on either side of the forehead; "the veins in his temple throbbed"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Temple: synagogue | tabernacle

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Temple In Webster's Dictionary

\Tem"ple\, n.
1. (Mormon Ch.) A building dedicated to the administration of
   ordinances.

2. A local organization of Odd Fellows.


\Tem"ple\, n. [Cf. {Templet}.] (Weaving)
A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched
transversely.


\Tem"ple\, n. [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.) 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. [AS. tempel, from L. templum a space marked
out, sanctuary, temple; cf. Gr. ? a piece of land marked off,
land dedicated to a god: cf. F. t['e]mple, 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.) 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}, & {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.
To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to
temple a god. [R.] --Feltham.

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