[tem-puh
l] 
| 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. |
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.