temple

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Quotations 1.2.1.2 Related terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Related terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.4 External links 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• tĕm'p(ə)l, /ˈtemp(ə)l/, /"temp(@)l/
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• Rhymes: -ɛmpəl

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English temple < Old English templ < Latin templum (“‘an open space, the circuit of the heavens, a consecrated place, a temple’”), probably for *temulum akin to Ancient Greek témenos (“‘a piece of ground cut or marked off, a sacred inclosure’”) < témnein (“‘to cut’”)

[edit] Noun

temple (plural temples)

1. A building for worship.

   "A temple of Zeus."

2. (often capitalized) The Jewish temple of Jerusalem, first built by Solomon.
3. (French), Sometimes used to describe a protestant church in French-speaking nations.
4. Something regarded as holding religious presence.
5. Something of importance; something attended to.

   My body is my temple.

6. (obsolete) a body

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body

• 1602 : Hamlet by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 3 lines 11-12-13-14

  For nature crescent does not grow alone

  In thews and bulks, but as this temple waxes,

  The inward service of the mind and soul

  Grows wide withal.

[edit] Related terms

• temporal
• Templar

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English temple < Old French temple < Latin tempora (“‘the temples’”), plural of tempus, (“‘temple, head, face’”)

[edit] Noun

temple (plural temples)

1. (anatomy) 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. (ophthalmology) Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.

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• temporal

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[edit] External links

• temple in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• temple in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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• /tɑ̃pl/, /tA~pl/

[edit] Noun

temple m. (temples)

1. A building for worship: temple, church.