Synonyms for temple

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tem-puh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛm pəl

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Définition of temple

Origin : "building for worship," Old English tempel, from Latin templum "piece of ground consecrated for the taking of auspices, building for worship," of uncertain signification. Commonly referred either to PIE root *tem- "to cut," on notion of "place reserved or cut out," or to PIE root *temp- "to stretch," on notion of cleared space in front of an altar. Figurative sense of "any place regarded as occupied by divine presence" was in Old English. Applied to Jewish synagogues from 1590s.

noun house of worship

Example sentences :

She helped Geta to escape: they have both taken refuge in the Temple of Theseus.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

The child was preserved, and brought up in the temple of Phœbus.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

"And I will have the stone from the temple," cried Hordle John.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

But his head was whirling round, the blood was gushing from his brow, his temple, his mouth.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Priestess of the Corn,' she called toward the temple, 'do you also mislead the people?'
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

He was set to work performing to the utmost the duties for which the temple called.
Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell

Hitherto Mr. Temple's narratives had all been about boys and men.
Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

And it all happened, too, not far from that old ink-bottle's place in Temple Bar.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

It is a school of the moral sense, of the nobler passions, and also a temple of fame.
Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

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