temple
71temple — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English & Anglo French; Old English tempel & Anglo French temple, both from Latin templum space marked out for observation of auguries, temple, small timber; probably akin to Greek temenos sacred… …
72Temple, Le — ▪ prison, Paris, France in Paris, originally a fortified monastery of the Templars and later a royal prison. It was built in the 12th century northeast of the city in an area commanded by the Templars; the area is now the Temple quarter of… …
73temple — noun a) A building for worship. A temple of Zeus. b) The Jewish temple of Jerusalem, first built by Solomon. My body is my temple. Syn: house of worship See Also: temporal …
74Temple — The site of worship for a deity or a series of deities located in each Egyptian center. During the New Kingdom and later, a major temple consisted of a pylon in front of an open courtyard followed by a hypostyle or columned hall and then a… …
75temple — s m 1 Acto de templar un material, como el acero o el vidrio, y punto de dureza o elasticidad que se obtiene: El charro cuando viaja lleva reatas de distinto temple 2 Técnica de la pintura que consiste en preparar los colores con líquidos… …
76temple — {{11}}temple (1) building for worship, O.E. tempel, from L. templum piece of ground consecrated for the taking of auspices, building for worship, of uncertain signification. Commonly referred either to PIE root *tem to cut, on notion of place… …
77temple — [[t]te̱mp(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦♦ temples 1) N COUNT: oft in names A temple is a building used for the worship of a god or gods, especially in the Buddhist and Hindu religions, and in ancient Greek and Roman times. ...a small Hindu temple. ...the Temple of… …
78Temple — I. /ˈtɛmpəl/ (say tempuhl) noun Peter, born 1946, Australian writer, noted for crime fiction; works include The Broken Shore (2005) and Truth (2009), the latter of which won the 2010 Miles Franklin Award. II. /ˈtɛmpəl/ (say tempuhl) noun 1. Also …
79temple — Two English inns of court, thus called because anciently the dwelling place of the Knights Templar. On the suppression of the order, they were purchased by some professors of the common law, and converted into hospitia or inns of court. They are… …
80temple — 1. n. 1 a building devoted to the worship, or regarded as the dwelling place, of a god or gods or other objects of religious reverence. 2 hist. any of three successive religious buildings of the Jews in Jerusalem. 3 US a synagogue. 4 a place of… …
