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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TEM'PLE, n. [L. templum.]
1. A public edifice erected in honor of some deity. Among pagans, a building erected to some pretended deity, and in which the people assembled to worship. Originally, temples were open places, as the Stonehenge in England. In Rome, some of the temples were open, and called sacella; others were roofed, and called oedes. The most celebrated of the ancient pagan temples were that of Belus in Babylon, that of Vulcan at Memphis, that of Jupiter at Thebes, that of Diana at Ephesus, that of Apollo in Miletus,that of Jupiter Olympius in Athens, and that of Apollo at Delphi. The most celebrated and magnificent temple erected to the true God, was that built by Solomon in Jerusalem.
In Scripture, the tabernacle is sometimes called by this name. 2 Samuel 1-3.
2. A church; an edifice erected among christians as a place of public worship.
Can he whose life is a perpetual insult to the authority of God, enter with any pleasure a temple consecrated to devotion and sanctified by prayer?
3. A place in which the divine presence specially resides; the church as a collective body. Ephesians 2.
4. In England,the Temples are two inns of court, thus called because anciently the dwellings of the knights Templars. They are called the Inner and the Middle Temple.
TEM'PLE, n. [L. tempus, tempora. The primary sense of the root of this word is to fall. See Time.]
1. Literally, the fall of the head; the part where the head slopes from the top.
2. In anatomy, the anterior and lateral part of the head, where the skull is covered by the temporal muscles.
TEM'PLE, v.t. To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to. [Little used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
2: the flat area on either side of the forehead; "the veins in his temple throbbed"
3: an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes
4: (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation [syn: synagogue, temple, tabernacle]

Merriam Webster's

I. biographical name Frederick 1821-1902 archbishop of Canterbury (1896-1902) II. biographical name Shirley 1928- American actress & diplomat III. biographical name Sir William 1628-1699 British statesman IV. biographical name William 1881-1944 son of Frederick archbishop of Canterbury (1942-44) V. geographical name city NE central Texas SSW of Waco population 54,514

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English & Anglo-French; Old English tempel & Anglo-French temple, both from Latin templum space marked out for observation of auguries, temple, small timber; probably akin to Greek temenos sacred precinct, temnein to cut — more at tome Date: before 12th century 1. a building for religious practice: as a. often capitalized either of two successive national sanctuaries in ancient Jerusalem b. a building for Mormon sacred ordinances c. the house of worship of Reform and some Conservative Jewish congregations 2. a local lodge of any of various fraternal orders; also the building housing it 3. a place devoted to a special purpose <a temple of cuisine> • templed adjective II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *tempula, alteration of Latin tempora (plural) temples Date: 14th century 1. the flattened space on each side of the forehead of some mammals including humans 2. one of the side supports of a pair of glasses jointed to the bows and passing on each side of the head

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. 1 a building devoted to the worship, or regarded as the dwelling-place, of a god or gods or other objects of religious reverence. 2 hist. any of three successive religious buildings of the Jews in Jerusalem. 3 US a synagogue. 4 a place of Christian public worship, esp. a Protestant church in France. 5 a place in which God is regarded as residing, esp. a Christian's person or body. Phrases and idioms: temple block a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow block of wood which is struck with a stick. Etymology: OE temp(e)l, reinforced in ME by OF temple, f. L templum open or consecrated space 2. n. the flat part of either side of the head between the forehead and the ear. Etymology: ME f. OF ult. f. L tempora pl. of tempus 3. n. a device in a loom for keeping the cloth stretched. Etymology: ME f. OF, orig. the same word as TEMPLE(2)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Temple Tem"ple, n. 1. (Mormon Ch.) A building dedicated to the administration of ordinances. 2. A local organization of Odd Fellows.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Temple Tem"ple, n. [Cf. Templet.] (Weaving) A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Temple Tem"ple, n. [OF. temple, F. tempe, from L. tempora, tempus; perhaps originally, the right place, the fatal spot, supposed to be the same word as tempus, temporis, the fitting or appointed time. See Temporal of time, and cf. Tempo, Tense, n.] 1. (Anat.) The space, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear. 2. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Temple Tem"ple, v. t. To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god. [R.] --Feltham.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Temple Tem"ple, n. [AS. tempel, from L. templum a space marked out, sanctuary, temple; cf. Gr. ? a piece of land marked off, land dedicated to a god: cf. F. t['e]mple, from the Latin. Cf. Contemplate.] 1. A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity; as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in India. ``The temple of mighty Mars.'' --Chaucer. 2. (Jewish Antiq.) The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah. Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. --John x. 23. 3. Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church. Can he whose life is a perpetual insult to the authority of God enter with any pleasure a temple consecrated to devotion and sanctified by prayer? --Buckminster. 4. Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially resides. ``The temple of his body.'' --John ii. 21. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you? --1 Cor. iii. 16. The groves were God's first temples. --Bryant. Inner Temple, & Middle Temple, two buildings, or ranges of buildings, occupied by two inns of court in London, on the site of a monastic establishment of the Knights Templars, called the Temple.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(temples) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A temple is a building used for the worship of a god or gods, especially in the Buddhist and Hindu religions, and in ancient Greek and Roman times. ...a small Hindu temple. ...the Temple of Diana at Ephesus. N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 2. Your temples are the flat parts on each side of the front part of your head, near your forehead. Threads of silver ran through his beard and the hair at his temples. N-COUNT: usu pl

Easton's Bible Dictionary

first used of the tabernacle, which is called "the temple of the Lord" (1 Sam. 1:9). In the New Testament the word is used figuratively of Christ's human body (John 2:19, 21). Believers are called "the temple of God" (1 Cor. 3:16, 17). The Church is designated "an holy temple in the Lord" (Eph. 2:21). Heaven is also called a temple (Rev. 7:5). We read also of the heathen "temple of the great goddess Diana" (Acts 19:27).

This word is generally used in Scripture of the sacred house erected on the summit of Mount Moriah for the worship of God. It is called "the temple" (1 Kings 6:17); "the temple [R.V., 'house'] of the Lord" (2 Kings 11:10); "thy holy temple" (Ps. 79:1); "the house of the Lord" (2 Chr. 23:5, 12); "the house of the God of Jacob" (Isa. 2:3); "the house of my glory" (60:7); an "house of prayer" (56:7; Matt. 21:13); "an house of sacrifice" (2 Chr. 7:12); "the house of their sanctuary" (2 Chr. 36:17); "the mountain of the Lord's house" (Isa. 2:2); "our holy and our beautiful house" (64:11); "the holy mount" (27:13); "the palace for the Lord God" (1 Chr. 29:1); "the tabernacle of witness" (2 Chr. 24:6); "Zion" (Ps. 74:2; 84:7). Christ calls it "my Father's house" (John 2:16).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Fane. 2. Church, house of worship, house of God, meeting-house. 3. Place of worship.

Moby Thesaurus

bank, beam, border, broadside, cathedral, chapel, cheek, chop, church, coast, dewal, fane, flank, girja, hand, handedness, haunch, hip, holy place, house of God, house of worship, jowl, kiack, laterality, many-sidedness, masjid, mosque, multilaterality, pagoda, pantheon, place of worship, planking, profile, quarter, sanctuary, shore, shrine, shul, side, siding, synagogue, tabernacle, unilaterality