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English Dictionary: temple by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
temple
n
  1. place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
  2. the flat area on either side of the forehead; "the veins in his temple throbbed"
  3. an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes
  4. (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
    Synonym(s): synagogue, temple, tabernacle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Temple \Tem"ple\, n.
      1. (Mormon Ch.) A building dedicated to the administration of
            ordinances.
  
      2. A local organization of Odd Fellows.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Temple \Tem"ple\, v. t.
      To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to
      temple a god. [R.] --Feltham.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Temple \Tem"ple\, n. [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.]
      1. (Anat.) The space, on either side of the head, back of the
            eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of
            the ear.
  
      2. 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Temple \Tem"ple\, n. [AS. tempel, from L. templum a space marked
      out, sanctuary, temple; cf. Gr. [?] a piece of land marked
      off, land dedicated to a god: cf. F. t[82]mple, from the
      Latin. Cf. {Contemplate}.]
      1. A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity;
            as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in
            India. [bd]The temple of mighty Mars.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. (Jewish Antiq.) The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the
            worship of Jehovah.
  
                     Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
                                                                              --John x. 23.
  
      3. Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of
            public worship; a church.
  
                     Can he whose life is a perpetual insult to the
                     authority of God enter with any pleasure a temple
                     consecrated to devotion and sanctified by prayer?
                                                                              --Buckminster.
  
      4. Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially
            resides. [bd]The temple of his body.[b8] --John ii. 21.
  
                     Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that
                     the spirit of God dwelleth in you?      --1 Cor. iii.
                                                                              16.
  
                     The groves were God's first temples.   --Bryant.
  
      {Inner Temple}, [and] {Middle Temple}, two buildings, or
            ranges of buildings, occupied by two inns of court in
            London, on the site of a monastic establishment of the
            Knights Templars, called the Temple.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Temple \Tem"ple\, n. [Cf. {Templet}.] (Weaving)
      A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched
      transversely.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Temple, GA (city, FIPS 75832)
      Location: 33.73456 N, 85.03148 W
      Population (1990): 1870 (717 housing units)
      Area: 16.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 30179
   Temple, ME
      Zip code(s): 04984
   Temple, ND
      Zip code(s): 58852
   Temple, NH
      Zip code(s): 03084
   Temple, OK (town, FIPS 72750)
      Location: 34.27351 N, 98.23472 W
      Population (1990): 1223 (617 housing units)
      Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 73568
   Temple, PA (borough, FIPS 76320)
      Location: 40.40830 N, 75.92104 W
      Population (1990): 1491 (708 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 19560
   Temple, TX (city, FIPS 72176)
      Location: 31.09766 N, 97.36346 W
      Population (1990): 46109 (20718 housing units)
      Area: 111.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 76501, 76502, 76504

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Temple
      first used of the tabernacle, which is called "the temple of the
      Lord" (1 Sam. 1:9). In the New Testament the word is used
      figuratively of Christ's human body (John 2:19, 21). Believers
      are called "the temple of God" (1 Cor. 3:16, 17). The Church is
      designated "an holy temple in the Lord" (Eph. 2:21). Heaven is
      also called a temple (Rev. 7:5). We read also of the heathen
      "temple of the great goddess Diana" (Acts 19:27).
     
         This word is generally used in Scripture of the sacred house
      erected on the summit of Mount Moriah for the worship of God. It
      is called "the temple" (1 Kings 6:17); "the temple [R.V.,
      'house'] of the Lord" (2 Kings 11:10); "thy holy temple" (Ps.
      79:1); "the house of the Lord" (2 Chr. 23:5, 12); "the house of
      the God of Jacob" (Isa. 2:3); "the house of my glory" (60:7); an
      "house of prayer" (56:7; Matt. 21:13); "an house of sacrifice"
      (2 Chr. 7:12); "the house of their sanctuary" (2 Chr. 36:17);
      "the mountain of the Lord's house" (Isa. 2:2); "our holy and our
      beautiful house" (64:11); "the holy mount" (27:13); "the palace
      for the Lord God" (1 Chr. 29:1); "the tabernacle of witness" (2
      Chr. 24:6); "Zion" (Ps. 74:2; 84:7). Christ calls it "my
      Father's house" (John 2:16).
     
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