Temenos Definition

noun

A piece of land marked off from common uses and assigned as an official domain, especially to a king, chief, or god.

Wiktionary

A sacred circle where one can be oneself without fear.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Temenos

Noun

Singular:
temenos
Plural:
temene, temenoi

Origin of Temenos

  • Ancient Greek τέμενος (temenos).

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Temenos Sentence Examples

  • An outer temenos (enclosure) wall surrounded the ground.

  • Many weights have been found in the temenos of Demeter at Cnidus, the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, and in a temple of Aphrodite at Byblus (44); and the making or sale of weights may have been a business of the custodians of the temple standards.

  • He placed a great stone gateway to the temenos, an outer temenos wall and gateway, with a colonnade between the gates.

  • A great temenos was laid out enclosing a much larger area, and the temple itself was about three times the earlier size.

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TTETEM

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SOSNOS

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