Temple word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "temple" word
[noun] place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
[noun] an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes
[noun] the flat area on either side of the forehead; "the veins in his temple throbbed"
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\Tem"ple\, n. [Cf. {Templet}.] (Weaving) A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
\Tem"ple\, n. [OF. temple, F. tempe, from L. tempora, tempus; perhaps originally, the right place, the fatal spot, supposed to be the same word as tempus, temporis, the fitting or appointed time. See {Temporal} of time, and cf. {Tempo}, {Tense}, n.] 1. (Anat.) The space, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear. 2. 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.
\Tem"ple\, n. [AS. tempel, from L. templum a space marked out, sanctuary, temple; cf. Gr. ? a piece of land marked off, land dedicated to a god: cf. F. t['e]mple, from the Latin. Cf. {Contemplate}.] 1. A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity; as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in India. ``The temple of mighty Mars.'' --Chaucer. 2. (Jewish Antiq.) The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah. Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. --John x. 23. 3. Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church. Can he whose life is a perpetual insult to the authority of God enter with any pleasure a temple consecrated to devotion and sanctified by prayer? --Buckminster. 4. Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially resides. ``The temple of his body.'' --John ii. 21. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you? --1 Cor. iii. 16. The groves were God's first temples. --Bryant. {Inner Temple}, & {Middle Temple}, two buildings, or ranges of buildings, occupied by two inns of court in London, on the site of a monastic establishment of the Knights Templars, called the Temple.
\Tem"ple\, v. t. To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god. [R.] --Feltham.
Synonyms for temple
synagogue, tabernacle
See also: building | caput | column | edifice | entablature | feature | head | house of God | house of prayer | house of worship | joss house | lineament | Mormon Tabernacle | pagoda | pantheon | Parthenon | pillar | place of worship | ziggurat | zikkurat | zikurat |
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Let's analyse "temple" as pure text. This string has Six letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: ELPMET. Average typing speed for these characters is 1635 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
temple: 5 + 5 = 10, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One. |
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