Meaning

11 senses
  1. A house of worship, especially:

    A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith.

    The temple of Zeus was very large.

  2. (Judaism)Synonym of synagogue, especially a non-Orthodox synagogue.

    How often do you go to temple?

  3. (Mormonism)As opposed to an LDS meetinghouse, a church closed to non-Mormons and necessary for particular rituals.

  4. A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members.

  5. (figuratively)Any place regarded as holding a religious presence.

  6. (figuratively)Any place seen as an important centre for some activity.

    a temple of commerce; a temple of drinking and dining

  7. (figuratively)Anything regarded as important or minutely cared for.

    My body is my temple.

  8. (figuratively)A gesture wherein the forefingers are outstretched and touch pad to pad while the other fingers are clasped together.

  9. The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head of a vertebrate, including a human, behind the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear.

    Schläfe

    висо́кvisók

    скро́няskrónja, висо́кvysók

    the flat area on either side of the forehead

  10. Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.

  11. A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.

Examples

285 sentences
  1. We also went to the temple.

    А ще ми ходили в храм.

    ruМы тоже пошли в храм.

    deWir sind auch in den Tempel gegangen.

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  2. There used to be an old temple here.

    Тут колись був старовинний храм.

    ruРаньше здесь был старинный храм.

    deHier stand früher ein alter Tempel.

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  3. There is a very old temple in the town.

    У місті є дуже старий храм.

    ruВ городе есть очень старый храм.

    deIn der Stadt gibt es einen sehr alten Tempel.

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  4. When was this temple built?

    Коли був побудований цей храм?

    ruКогда был построен этот храм?

    deWann wurde dieser Tempel erbaut?

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  5. How was the temple you visited?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
place of worship — see also place of worship:
region of skull:
Русский
By meaning 3
place of worship — see also place of worship:
something of importance:
region of skull:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
place of worship — see also place of worship:
region of skull:

Origin

From Middle English temple, from Old English templ, tempel, borrowed from Latin templum (“

From Middle English temple, from Old English templ, tempel, borrowed from Latin templum (“shrine, temple, area for auspices”). Compare Old High German tempal (“temple”), also a borrowing from the Latin. Displaced native Old English ealh.

From Middle English temple, from Old French temple, from Vulgar Latin *temp(u)la, from Latin tempora (“the temples”), plural of tempus (“temple, head, face”). See temporal bone.

Borrowed from Latin templum (“a small timber, a purlin”); compare templet and template.

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