temple
A house of worship, especiallyA house of worship, especially: A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith.
» We also went to the temple.
Wir sind auch in den Tempel gegangen.
Wir gingen auch zu dem Tempel.
Мы тоже пошли в храм.
А ще ми ходили в храм.
Meaning
11 sensesA house of worship, especially:
A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith.
The temple of Zeus was very large.
(Judaism)Synonym of synagogue, especially a non-Orthodox synagogue.
How often do you go to temple?
(Mormonism)As opposed to an LDS meetinghouse, a church closed to non-Mormons and necessary for particular rituals.
A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members.
(figuratively)Any place regarded as holding a religious presence.
(figuratively)Any place seen as an important centre for some activity.
a temple of commerce; a temple of drinking and dining
(figuratively)Anything regarded as important or minutely cared for.
My body is my temple.
(figuratively)A gesture wherein the forefingers are outstretched and touch pad to pad while the other fingers are clasped together.
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
Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.
A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
Examples
285 sentencesWe also went to the temple.
А ще ми ходили в храм. — Internecivus
ruМы тоже пошли в храм. — odexed
deWir sind auch in den Tempel gegangen. — MUIRIEL
There used to be an old temple here.
Тут колись був старовинний храм. — deniko
ruРаньше здесь был старинный храм. — sharptoothed
deHier stand früher ein alter Tempel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
There is a very old temple in the town.
У місті є дуже старий храм. — uaspeaker
ruВ городе есть очень старый храм. — Hellerick
deIn der Stadt gibt es einen sehr alten Tempel. — MUIRIEL
When was this temple built?
Коли був побудований цей храм? — aandrusiak
ruКогда был построен этот храм? — afyodor
deWann wurde dieser Tempel erbaut? — MUIRIEL
How was the temple you visited?
Translations
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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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Forms
plural: templesSynonyms
8 synonyms- (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation:synagoguetabernacle