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| 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. |
[tem-puhl] | 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. |
[tem-puhl] | a device in a loom for keeping the cloth stretched to the proper width during the weaving. |
[tem-puhl] | 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. |
| 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. |
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.
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.
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).
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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