temple

English

Ryusenji temple in Osaka, Japan.

Pronunciation

• tĕm'p(ə)l, /ˈtemp(ə)l/, /"temp(@)l/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmpəl

Etymology 1

From Middle English temple, from Old English templ, from Latin templum (“shrine, temple, area for auspices”).

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
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 1, scene 3, lines 11–14:

     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.

Synonyms

• house of worship

Related terms

• temporal
• Templar

Translations

worship place

Albanian: tempull (sq) Arabic: معبد (ar) (má3bad) m., هيكل (ar) (háykal) Armenian: տաճար (hy) (tač̣ar) Azeri: məbəd (az) Basque: tenplu (eu) Bosnian: hram (bs) m. Bulgarian: храм (bg) (hram) m. Burmese: နယ် (my) (ne) Catalan: temple (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 寺廟 (cmn), 寺庙 (cmn) (sìmiào), 寺 (cmn) (sì) Croatian: hram (hr) m. Czech: chrám (cs) m. Danish: tempel (da) c. Dutch: tempel (nl) m. Esperanto: templo (eo) Finnish: temppeli (fi) French: temple (fr) m. Georgian: ტაძარი (ka) (tadzari) German: Tempel (de) m. Greek: ναός (el) (naós) m. Gujarati: મંદિર (gu) (ma.ndir) n. Hawaiian: heiau (haw) Hebrew: מִקְדָּשׁ (he) (miqdash) m. Hindi: मन्दिर (hi) (mandir) m. Hungarian: templom (hu) Icelandic: musteri (is) n., hof (is) n. Ido: templo (io) Indonesian: kuil (id) Italian: tempio (it) m. Japanese: 神殿 (ja) (しんでん, shinden), Buddhist temple: 堂塔 (ja) (どうとう, dōtō), 寺 (ja) (てら, tera), 寺院 (ja) (じいん, jīn), (Shinto shrine) 神社 (ja) (じんじゃ, jinja) Kannada: ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ (kn) (devasthana) Kazakh: ғыйбадатһана (kk) (ğıybadathana) Khmer: វត្ត (km) (voat), ទេវាល័យ (km) (teivieleay), ប្រាសាទ (km) (praasaat) Korean: 절 (ko) (jeol), 사찰 (ko) Kurdish:  (ku)

Kyrgyz: ибадаткана (ky) Lao:  (lo) (wad) Latin: templum (la) Latvian: templis (lv) m. Lithuanian: šventykla (lt) f. Macedonian: храм (mk) (hram) m. Malay: kuil (ms) Malayalam: അംപലം (ml) (ambalam) Maltese: tempju (mt) m., maqdes (mt) m. Mongolian: сүм (mn) (süm) Norwegian: Bokmål: tempel (no) n. Nynorsk: tempel (nn) n. Old English: tempel (ang) Persian: کده (fa) (kade) Polish: świątynia (pl) f. Portuguese: templo (pt) m. Romani: khangeri f. Romanian: templu (ro) n. Russian: храм (ru) (xram) m., место богослужения (ru) Sanskrit: देवालयः (sa) (dēvālayah) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: храм (sh) m., богомоља (sh) f. Roman: hram (sh) m., bogomolja (sh) f. Slovak: chrám (sk) m. Slovene: tempelj (sl) m. Spanish: templo (es) m. Swahili: hekalu (sw) Swedish: tempel (sv) n. Tamil: கோயில் (ta) (kōyil) Telugu: కోవెల (te) (kovela), ఆలయము (te) (aalayamu), గుడి (te) (gudi) Thai: วัด (th) (wát) Turkish: tapınak (tr) Urdu: مندر (ur) (mandir) m., معبد (ur) (maʿbad) m. Uyghur: يباداتھانا (ug), تاۈينيديغان چاي (ug) Vietnamese: đền (vi) Welsh: teml (cy) Yiddish: שול (yi) (shul, shil)

holding the religious presence

Finnish: temppeli (fi)

something of importance

Finnish: temppeli (fi)

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Indonesian: pura (id), kuil (id) Interlingua: templo (ia) Latin: aedes (la) f., templum (la) n. Telugu: గుడి (te) (guDi)

Etymology 2

Temple in anatomy

From Middle English temple, from Old French temple, from Latin tempora (“the temples”), plural of tempus (“temple, head, face”) (see "temporal bone")

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.

Related terms

• temporal

Translations

region of skull

Armenian: քունք (hy) (k'unk') Asturian: vidaya (ast) f. Bulgarian: слепоочие (bg) (slepoóčie) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 顳顬 (cmn), 颞颥 (cmn) (nièrú) Czech: spánek (cs) m. Danish: tinding (da) m. Dutch: slaap (nl) m. Esperanto: tempio (eo) Finnish: ohimo (fi) French: tempe (fr) f. Georgian: საფეთქელი (ka) German: Schläfe (de) f. Greek: κρόταφος (el) (krótaphos) m. Hebrew: רקה (he) (raka) f. Hungarian: halánték (hu) Icelandic: gagnauga (is) n. Ido: temporo (io) Italian: tempia (it) f. Japanese: 蟀谷 (ja) or 顳顬 (ja) (こめかみ, komekami) Korean: 관자놀이 (ko) (gwanjanoli) Macedonian: слепоочница (mk) (slepoóčnica) f.

Maltese: ngħas (mt) m. Norwegian: Bokmål: tinning (no) m. Nynorsk: tinning (nn) m. Old English: tempel (ang) Old Norse: þunnvangi Polish: skroń (pl) f. Portuguese: têmpora (pt) f. Romani: korrijakh f. Romanian: tâmplă (ro) Russian: висок (ru) (visók) m. Sallands: dunegge Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: слепоочница (sh) f. Roman: slepoočnica (sh) f. Slovak: slucha (sk) f. Slovene: sence (sl) n. Spanish: sien (es) f. Swedish: tinning (sv) c. Tamil: நெற்றி (ta) (netri) Turkish: şakak (tr) !Xóõ: ʘqʻûbe tshôe

sidepiece of spectacles

Finnish: sanka (fi), silmälasinsanka (fi)

External links

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

Anagrams

• pelmet

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Anglo-Norman

Etymology

Latin tempus.

Noun

temple m. (oblique plural temples, nominative singular temples, nominative plural temple)

1. (anatomy) temple

Descendants

• English: temple

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Catalan

Noun

temple m. (plural temples)

1. temple (building)

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /tɑ̃pl/, SAMPA: /tA~pl/

Noun

temple m. (plural temples)

1. temple (for worship)

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Old French

Etymology

Latin tempus.

Noun

temple m. (oblique plural temples, nominative singular temples, nominative plural temple)

1. (anatomy) temple

Descendants

• English: temple
• French: tempe

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Spanish

Verb

temple (infinitive templar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of templar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of templar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of templar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of templar.