Definition of temple

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Temple (n.) The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah.

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Capitol :: Capitol () The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met..
Former :: Former (n.) A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped..
Hexastyle :: Hexastyle (n.) A hexastyle portico or temple.
Crotaphite :: Crotaphite (n.) The temple or temporal fossa. Also used adjectively.
Monopteron :: Monopteron (n.) A circular temple consisting of a roof supported on columns, without a cella..
Marai :: Marai (n.) A sacred inclosure or temple; -- so called by the islanders of the Pacific Ocean.
Templar :: Templar (n.) A student of law, so called from having apartments in the Temple at London, the original buildings having belonged to the Knights Templars. See Inner Temple, and Middle Temple, under Temple..
Levite :: Levite (n.) One of the tribe or family of Levi; a descendant of Levi; esp., one subordinate to the priests (who were of the same tribe) and employed in various duties connected with the tabernacle first, and afterward the temple, such as the care of the building, bringing of wood and other necessaries for the sacrifices, the music of the services, etc..
Valhalla :: Valhalla (n.) Fig.: A hall or temple adorned with statues and memorials of a nation's heroes; specifically, the Pantheon near Ratisbon, in Bavaria, consecrated to the illustrious dead of all Germany..
Revestiary :: Revestiary (n.) The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments, etc., are kept; -- now contracted into vestry..
Mould :: Mould (n.) That on which, or in accordance with which, anything is modeled or formed; anything which serves to regulate the size, form, etc., as the pattern or templet used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or mason..
Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship..
Sekes :: Sekes (n.) A place in a pagan temple in which the images of the deities were inclosed.
Temporomaxillary :: Temporomaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to both the temple or the temporal bone and the maxilla.
Strickle :: Strickle (n.) A templet; a pattern.
Temple :: Temple (n.) 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..
Octostyle :: Octostyle (a.) Having eight columns in the front; -- said of a temple or portico. The Parthenon is octostyle, but most large Greek temples are hexastele. See Hexastyle..
Stone-horse :: Stonehenge (n.) An assemblage of upright stones with others placed horizontally on their tops, on Salisbury Plain, England, -- generally supposed to be the remains of an ancient Druidical temple..
Pantheon :: Pantheon (n.) A temple dedicated to all the gods; especially, the building so called at Rome..
Octostyle :: Octostyle (n.) An octostyle portico or temple.
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