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temple

  • noun
  • tĕm'pl

A house of worship, especially

Other meanings

  1. A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith.

  2. especially a non-Orthodox synagogue.

A kind of

  • place of worship

Kinds of temple

  • pantheon

Example sentences

  • “Take your shoes off before entering a temple.”

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Word history

From Latin "templum" (shrine, temple, area for auspices).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “temple” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.