“temples” is a form of
temple
/tɪm.pl̩/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms temples templing templed the Temple
- noun A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith. “The temple of Zeus was very large.”
- noun (Judaism) Synonym of synagogue, especially a non-Orthodox synagogue.
- noun (Mormonism) As opposed to an LDS meetinghouse, a church closed to non-Mormons and necessary for particular rituals.
- noun A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members.
- noun (figurative) Any place regarded as holding a religious presence.
- noun (figurative) Any place seen as an important centre for some activity. “a temple of commerce; a temple of drinking and dining”
- noun (figurative) Anything regarded as important or minutely cared for. “My body is my temple.”
- noun (figurative) A gesture wherein the forefingers are outstretched and touch pad to pad while the other fingers are clasped together.
- verb (transitive) To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; to temple a god
- noun (anatomy) 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.
- noun (ophthalmology) Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.
- noun (weaving) A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
- proper noun A male given name from Latin.
- proper noun A female given name from Latin.
- proper noun A surname.
- proper noun A suburb of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5469).
- proper noun A village in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3158).
- proper noun A small village in Bisham parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8484).
- proper noun A small village in Blisland parish, on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1473).
- proper noun A city in Carroll County and Haralson County, Georgia.
Synonyms
synagogue house of worship place of worship fane shrine template tabernacle
Etymology
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.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
- noun The space, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.
- noun 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.
- noun 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.
Etymology [Cf. Templet.]
Etymology [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.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “temple”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details