temple
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[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
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temple (plural temples)
- A building for worship.
- "A temple of Zeus."
- (often capitalized) The Jewish temple of Jerusalem, first built by Solomon.
- (French), Sometimes used to describe a protestant church in French-speaking nations.
- Something regarded as holding religious presence.
- Something of importance; something attended to.
- My body is my temple.
- (obsolete) a body
[edit] Quotations
- 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.
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worship place
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holding the religious presence
something of importance
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Middle English temple < Old French temple < Latin tempora (“‘the temples’”), plural of tempus, (“‘temple, head, face’”)
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temple (plural temples)
- (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.
- (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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region of skull
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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
[edit] French
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[edit] Noun
temple m. (temples)
- A building for worship: temple, church.

