Definition of temple

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Temple (v. t.) To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god..

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Crotaphitic :: Crotaphitic (n.) Pertaining to the temple; temporal.
Columnated :: Columnated (a.) Having columns; as, columnated temples..
Pagoda :: Pagoda (n.) A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship..
Temple :: Temple (n.) Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church..
Antetemple :: Antetemple (n.) The portico, or narthex in an ancient temple or church..
Templet :: Templet (n.) A gauge, pattern, or mold, commonly a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's templet..
Monopteral :: Monopteral (a.) Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; -- said esp. of a temple.
Temporo-auricular :: Temporo-auricular (a.) Of or pertaining to both the temple and the ear; as, the temporo-auricular nerve..
Pythian :: Pythian (a.) Of or pertaining to Delphi, to the temple of Apollo, or to the priestess of Apollo, who delivered oracles at Delphi..
Sacrarium :: Sacrarium (n.) The adytum of a temple.
Hexastyle :: Hexastyle (a.) Having six columns in front; -- said of a portico or temple.
Dedicate :: Dedicate (v. t.) To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use..
Spite :: Spit curl () A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the temple or forehead with spittle, or other adhesive substance..
Venerable :: Venerable (a.) Rendered sacred by religious or other associations; that should be regarded with awe and treated with reverence; as, the venerable walls of a temple or a church..
Stemson :: Stemple (n.) A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step..
Infratemporal :: Infratemporal (a.) Below the temple; below the temporal bone.
Temporo- :: Temporo- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the temple, or temporal bone; as, temporofacial..
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..
Pseuso-peripteral :: Pseuso-peripteral (a.) Falsely or imperfectly peripteral, as a temple having the columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an ambulatory only at the ends or only at one end..
Jigger :: Jigger (n. & v.) A templet or tool by which vessels are shaped on a potter's wheel.
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