Definitions for temple
ˈtɛm pəltem·ple

Princeton's WordNet(3.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. temple(noun)

   place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity

2. temple(noun)

   the flat area on either side of the forehead

   "the veins in his temple throbbed"

3. temple(noun)

   an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes

4. synagogue, temple, tabernacle(noun)

   (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. temple(Noun)

   A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Temple(noun)

   a contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely

2. Temple(noun)

   the space, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear

3. Temple(noun)

   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

4. Temple(noun)

   a place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity; as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in India

5. Temple(noun)

   the edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah

6. Temple(noun)

   hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church

7. Temple(noun)

   fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially resides

8. Temple(verb)

   to build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god

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1. Temple

   A temple is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, or analogous rites. A templum constituted a sacred precinct as defined by a priest, or augur. It has the same root as the word "template," a plan in preparation of the building that was marked out on the ground by the augur. Templa also became associated with the dwelling places of a god or gods. Despite the specific set of meanings associated with the religion of the ancient Rome, the word has now become quite widely used to describe a house of worship for any number of religions and is even used for time periods prior to the Romans.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Temple

   tem′pl, n. an edifice erected to a deity or for religious purposes: a place of worship: in London, two inns of court, once occupied by the Knights Templars. [L. templum, prob. for temulum, a space marked out for religious purposes, dim. of tempus, a piece cut off.]

2. Temple

   tem′pl, n. the flat portion of either side of the head above the cheekbone.—adj. Tem′poral, pertaining to the temples. [O. Fr. temple—L. tempora, the temples, pl. of tempus, time.]

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1. temple

   A place other than a bed, where one takes one's shoes off. (There are Jewish temples, pagan temples and money temples, but no Christian temples: the latter has no need of them, because Christian religion is the only one in the world in which its believers and followers practise exactly what its Founder taught. Each Christian may point to himself and say proudly, "Ecce Temple," hence, etc., etc., etc.)

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1. temple

   The temple symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the temple symbol and its characteristic.

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1. Temple

   The seat of the “Knights Templars” in this country down to the time of the dissolution of their Order by Edward II. in 1313.

Mythology(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Temple

   An edifice erected to the honor of a god or goddess in which the sacrifices were offered.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'temple' in Nouns Frequency: #1793

Anagrams for temple »

1. Pelmet

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of temple in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of temple in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of temple in a Sentence

1. Ombir Sisodia:

   My son is innocent. He has been falsely implicated, he was sick and sleeping when mobs gathered around after the temple announcement.

2. Robert Vallieres:

   A big beam came flying off of a truck and caught me in the temple area. I woke up in a medical hospital somewhere, a few days later, they sent me back to my unit and then I became really ill with an aneurysm on the verge of bursting in my heart.

3. Robert J. Kibbee:

   Over the years, we have come to identify quality in a college not by whom it serves but by how many students it excludes. Let us not be a sacred priesthood protecting the temple, but rather the fulfillers of dreams.

4. Grace Holleran:

   It would have been nice if Temple had booted him instead of him resigning, but I don't think it's too late for Temple to make a statement, if the university stopped inviting him to university functions, that would make a loud statement.

5. Kahlil Gibran:

   Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.

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