tempao

See also: tempão

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tempel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tempao/

Noun

tempao m (Cyrillic spelling темпао)

1. (archaic) temple, shrine
   • 1838, Ljudevit Gaj, Danica Ilirska, volume 4, number 5:

     …kroz koju se na jednom kraju vidješe hram (tempao) Eskulapov, a na drugom Jupiterov.

     …through which is seen at one end the temple of Æsculapius, and at the other, of Jupiter.

   • 1895, Vienac: Zabavi i Pouci, number 50:

     Zavjetova se, da će na prvoj točki zemlje, gdje živ i zdrav stavi nogu, podignuti tempao na čast Majke Božje.

     He swore that, upon the first spot of earth where he placed his foot healthy and alive, he would raise a temple in honor of the Mother of God.

Synonyms

• hram