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temple

UK/ˈtɛm.pl̩/ US/ˈtɛmpʌl/ common uk

noun

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.

Origin

From Middle English temple, from Old English templ, tempel, borrowed from Latin templum (“shrine, temple, area for auspices”). Compare Old High German tempal (“temple”), also a borrowing from the Latin. Displaced native Old English ealh.

Phrases

  • :Category:en:Places of worship
  • ancestral temple
  • fire temple
  • Holy Temple
  • lineage temple
  • temple block
  • temple dancer
  • Temple Ewell
  • temple fade
  • Temple Fortune
  • temple ring

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