'Temple' definitions:

Definition of 'temple'

From: WordNet
noun
Place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
noun
The flat area on either side of the forehead; "the veins in his temple throbbed"
noun
An edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes
noun
(Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation [syn: synagogue, temple, tabernacle]

Definition of 'Temple'

From: GCIDE
  • Temple \Tem"ple\, v. t. To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god. [R.] --Feltham. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Temple'

From: GCIDE
  • Temple \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Jewish Antiq.) The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah. [1913 Webster]
  • Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. --John x. 23. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially resides. "The temple of his body." --John ii. 21. [1913 Webster]
  • Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you? --1 Cor. iii. 16. [1913 Webster]
  • The groves were God's first temples. --Bryant. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Mormon Ch.) A building dedicated to the administration of ordinances. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 6. A local organization of Odd Fellows. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Inner Temple, and 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Temple'

From: GCIDE
  • Temple \Tem"ple\, n. [Cf. Templet.] (Weaving) A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Temple'

From: GCIDE
  • Temple \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Temple'

From: Easton
  • Temple first used of the tabernacle, which is called "the temple of the Lord" (1 Sam. 1:9). In the New Testament the word is used figuratively of Christ's human body (John 2:19, 21). Believers are called "the temple of God" (1 Cor. 3:16, 17). The Church is designated "an holy temple in the Lord" (Eph. 2:21). Heaven is also called a temple (Rev. 7:5). We read also of the heathen "temple of the great goddess Diana" (Acts 19:27).
  • This word is generally used in Scripture of the sacred house erected on the summit of Mount Moriah for the worship of God. It is called "the temple" (1 Kings 6:17); "the temple [R.V., 'house'] of the Lord" (2 Kings 11:10); "thy holy temple" (Ps. 79:1); "the house of the Lord" (2 Chr. 23:5, 12); "the house of the God of Jacob" (Isa. 2:3); "the house of my glory" (60:7); an "house of prayer" (56:7; Matt. 21:13); "an house of sacrifice" (2 Chr. 7:12); "the house of their sanctuary" (2 Chr. 36:17); "the mountain of the Lord's house" (Isa. 2:2); "our holy and our beautiful house" (64:11); "the holy mount" (27:13); "the palace for the Lord God" (1 Chr. 29:1); "the tabernacle of witness" (2 Chr. 24:6); "Zion" (Ps. 74:2; 84:7). Christ calls it "my Father's house" (John 2:16).

Synonyms of 'temple'

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Temple, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Temple, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
Population (2000) :
2383
Housing Units (2000) :
956
Land area (2000) :
6.764119 sq. miles (17.518986 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.095859 sq. miles (0.248273 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
6.859978 sq. miles (17.767259 sq. km)
FIPS code :
75832
Located within :
Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location :
33.735723 N, 85.027298 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
30179
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Temple, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Temple, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000) :
1146
Housing Units (2000) :
604
Land area (2000) :
1.307054 sq. miles (3.385253 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.307054 sq. miles (3.385253 sq. km)
FIPS code :
72750
Located within :
Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location :
34.271175 N, 98.234785 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
73568
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Temple, TX -- U.S. city in Texas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Temple, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000) :
54514
Housing Units (2000) :
23511
Land area (2000) :
65.351319 sq. miles (169.259133 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.091848 sq. miles (0.237884 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
65.443167 sq. miles (169.497017 sq. km)
FIPS code :
72176
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
31.093678 N, 97.362202 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
76501 76502 76504
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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