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tem⋅ple
1
[tem-puh
l] 
–noun
| 1. | an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities. |
| 2. | (usually initial capital letter) any of the three successive houses of worship in Jerusalem in use by the Jews in Biblical times, the first built by Solomon, the second by Zerubbabel, and the third by Herod. |
| 3. | a synagogue, usually a Reform or Conservative one. |
| 4. | an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church, esp. a large or imposing one. |
| 5. | any place or object in which God dwells, as the body of a Christian. I Cor. 6:19. |
| 6. | (in France) a Protestant church. |
| 7. | (in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) a building devoted to administering sacred ordinances, principally that of eternal marriage. |
| 8. | a building, usually large or pretentious, devoted to some public use: a temple of music. |
| 9. | (initial capital letter) either of two establishments of the medieval Templars, one in London and the other in Paris. |
| 10. | (initial capital letter) either of two groups of buildings (Inner Temple and Middle Temple) on the site of the Templars' former establishment in London, occupied by two of the Inns of Court. |
| 11. | a building used by the Templars in the U.S. |
| 12. | a building used by any of various fraternal orders. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, var. of tempel, OE < L templum space demarcated by an augur for taking auspices, temple
bef. 900; ME, var. of tempel, OE < L templum space demarcated by an augur for taking auspices, temple
Related forms:
templed, adjective
tem⋅ple⋅like, adjective
tem⋅ple
2 [tem-puhl] –noun
| 1. | Anatomy. the flattened region on either side of the forehead in human beings. |
| 2. | Zoology. a corresponding region in certain animals. |
| 3. | Ophthalmology. either of the sidepieces of a pair of eyeglasses extending back above and often around the ears. |
Origin:
1275–1325; ME < MF < VL *tempula, for L tempora the temples, pl. (taken as fem. sing.) of tempus temple
1275–1325; ME < MF < VL *tempula, for L tempora the temples, pl. (taken as fem. sing.) of tempus temple
tem⋅ple
3 [tem-puhl] –noun
| a device in a loom for keeping the cloth stretched to the proper width during the weaving. |
Origin:
1475–85; earlier tempylle < MF temple < L templum purlin, small piece of timber. See temple 1
1475–85; earlier tempylle < MF temple < L templum purlin, small piece of timber. See temple 1
Tem⋅ple
[tem-puhl] –noun
| 1. | Shirley (Shirley Temple Black), born 1928, U.S. film actress, famous for child roles during the 1930s, and diplomat. |
| 2. | Sir William, 1628–99, English essayist and diplomat. |
| 3. | a city in central Texas. 42,483. |
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| tem·ple 1 (těm'pəl) n.
[Middle English, from Old English tempel, from Latin templum; see tem- in Indo-European roots.] |
| tem·ple 2 (těm'pəl) n.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *tempula, from Latin tempora, pl. of tempus, temple of the head.] Word History: Words that are identical in form do not always derive from the same source, and when they have different sources they are usually considered different words. The temple that refers to a place of worship, for example, does not have the same origin as the temple that refers to a side of the forehead. The temple where one worships comes from Latin templum, itself derived from the Indo-European root *tem-, "to cut, divide." Latin templum probably referred originally to the fact that temples were on sacred ground that was "divided" or separated from ordinary ground. The temple of the head comes from the Latin word tempus, "temple of the head." Its origin is not certain; some have thought it to be a special use of the homonymous word tempus "time" as a translation of Greek kairios, "(proper) time, opportunity, vital spot," but there is no hard evidence for this. What is known, and not uninteresting in itself, is how tempus eventually became temple in English. In Latin, the plural, tempora, was more frequently used than the singular tempus (it being more common to talk about paired body parts together rather than singly). There was a large class of Latin nouns ending in -a in the singular, and this led to a reinterpretation of tempora as a singular in later Latin, where it was also altered to *tempula. This became temple in Old French, whence English temple (of the head) was borrowed, first appearing in 1310. The classical Latin form survives in the English adjective temporal (as in temporal bone or temporal muscle). |
| tem·ple 3 (těm'pəl) n. A device in a loom that keeps the cloth stretched to the correct width during weaving. [Middle English tempille, from Old French temple, possibly from Latin templum, small piece of timber; see tem- in Indo-European roots.] |
| Temple A city of central Texas south of Fort Worth. It is a processing and manufacturing center. Population: 55,000. |
| Temple, Shirley See Shirley Temple Black. |
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Temple
Tem"ple\, n. 1. (Mormon Ch.) A building dedicated to the administration of ordinances. 2. A local organization of Odd Fellows.Temple
Tem"ple\, n. [Cf. Templet.] (Weaving) A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.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.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.Temple
Tem"ple\, v. t. To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god. [R.] --Feltham.
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Language Translation for : temple
Spanish:
templo,
German:
der Tempel,
Japanese:
神殿
Temple
The central place of worship for the Israelites. The first Temple was built in Jerusalem by King Solomon. The stone tablets received by Moses on Mount Sinai — tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written — were kept in the central chamber of Solomon's Temple. Solomon's Temple was later destroyed, as were two succeeding temples built on the site.
Note: A wall remaining from the temples, known as the Western Wall, is one of the most sacred places for Jews today.
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temple (1)
"building for worship," O.E. tempel, from L. templum "piece of ground consecrated for the taking of auspices, building for worship," of uncertain signification. Commonly referred either to PIE base *tem- "to cut," on notion of "place reserved or cut out," or to PIE base *temp- "to stretch," on notion of cleared space in front of an altar. Fig. sense of "any place regarded as occupied by divine presence" was in O.E. Applied to Jewish synagogues from 1598.
temple (2)
"side of the forehead," c.1310, from O.Fr. temple "side of the forehead" (11c.), from V.L. *tempula (fem. sing.), from L. tempora, pl. of tempus (gen. temporis) "side of the forehead," probably originally "the thin stretch of skin at the side of the forehead." Possibly associated with tempus span "timely space (for a mortal blow with a sword)," or from the notion of "stretched, thinnest part," which is the sense of cognate O.E. ðunwange, lit. "thin cheek."
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Main Entry: tem·ple
Pronunciation: 'tem-p&l
Function: noun
1 : the flattened space on each side of the forehead of some mammals (ashumans)
2 : one of the side supports of a pair of glasses jointed to the bows and passing on each side of the head
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temple tem·ple (těm'pəl)
n.
- The flat region on either side of the forehead.
- Either of the sidepieces of a frame for eyeglasses that extends along the temple and over the ear.
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Temple
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).
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Temple
city, Bell county, central Texas, U.S. It lies along the Little River, just southeast of Belton Lake (impounded on the Leon River) and some 35 miles (55 km) south-southwest of Waco. With the cities of Bartlett, Belton, Copperas Cove, Gatesville, Salado, and Killeen, it forms part of the Killeen-Temple Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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