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Meaning of 'temple' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Temple [ n.]
- A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
- The space, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.
- 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.
- A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity; as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in India.
- The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah.
- Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church.
- Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially resides.
2 . Temple [ v. t.]
- To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god.

Meaning of 'temple' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . temple [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the flat area on either side of the forehead
Example in sentence:
  • the veins in his temple throbbed

Nearby Words:

temerarious temeration temerity temerous tempean temper tempera temperable temperament temperamental

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