Temple Definition

tĕmpəl
temples
noun
temples
A building for the worship of a divinity or divinities.
Webster's New World
Anything viewed as the dwelling place of God or a divinity.
Webster's New World
Any of the Jewish sacred edifices for worshiping Jehovah, successively built in ancient Jerusalem.
Webster's New World
A synagogue, esp. of a Reform or Conservative congregation.
Webster's New World
A building in which the sacred ordinances are administered.
American Heritage
pronoun

A town in Maine.

Wiktionary
A male given name.
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A female given name.
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A village in Cornwall.

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A city in Georgia, USA.

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verb

To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to.

To temple a god.
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Other Word Forms of Temple

Noun

Singular:
temple
Plural:
temples

Origin of Temple

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English tempille from Old French temple possibly from Latin templum small piece of timber tem- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English from Old French from Vulgar Latin tempula from Latin tempora pl. of tempus temple of the head

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English tempel from Latin templum tem- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin templum (“a small timber, a purlin"); compare templet and template.

    From Wiktionary

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