Temple

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To build a temple for; appropriate a temple to; inclose in a temple.
  • noun. An attachment to a loom for keeping the cloth stretched, while the reed beats the threads into place after each throw of the shuttle. One form is automatic, releasing the cloth and then stretching it after each stroke of the lay.
  • noun. The region of the head or skull behind the eye and forehead, above and mostly in front of the ear.
  • noun. In entomology, the posterior part of the gena, or that immediately beneath the eye.
  • noun. One of the bars sometimes added to the ends of spectacle-bows to give them a firmer hold on the head of the wearer. See spectacle, 5.
  • noun. An ornament worn at the side of the head or covering the side of the head, mentioned in the fifteenth century as apparently sometimes of needlework, sometimes set with jewels.
  • noun. An edifice dedicated to the service of a deity or deities, and connected with a system of worship.
  • noun. The religious edifice of the Jews in Jerusalem.
  • noun. An edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church; in France, specifically, a Protestant church, as distinguished from a Roman Catholic place of worship, which alone is usually spoken of as a church (église).
  • noun. Metaphorically, any place in which the divine presence specially resides.
  • noun. [capitalized] The name of two semi-monastic establishments of the middle ages, one in London, the other in Paris, occupied by the Knights Templars.
  • noun. An inn of court.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • transitive verb. To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to.
  • noun. A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
  • noun. A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity.
  • noun. The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah.
  • noun. Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church.
  • noun. Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially resides.
  • noun. A building dedicated to the administration of ordinances.
  • noun. A local organization of Odd Fellows.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. undefined
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.
  • noun. Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.
  • noun. A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
  • noun. A building for worship.
  • noun. The Jewish temple of Jerusalem, first built by Solomon.
  • noun. Something regarded as holding religious presence.
  • noun. Something of importance; something attended to.
  • noun. A body.
  • noun. Hands held together with forefingers outstretched and touching pad to pad, with the rest of the fingers clasped.
  • verb. To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
  • noun. the flat area on either side of the forehead
  • noun. (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
  • noun. an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes