temple

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temple1

▶noun

• 1 a building devoted to the worship of a god or gods.

  ■ (the Temple) either of two ancient religious buildings of the Jews in Jerusalem.

  ■ N. Amer. a synagogue.

• 2 a place devoted to or seen as the centre of a particular activity or interest: a temple of science.

– origin OE templ, tempel, reinforced in ME by OFr. temple, both from L. templum ‘open or consecrated space’.

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temple2

▶noun the flat part either side of the head between the forehead and the ear.

– origin ME: from OFr., from an alt. of L. tempora, pl. of tempus ‘temple of the head’.

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temple3

▶noun a device in a loom for keeping the cloth stretched.

– origin ME: from OFr., perh. ult. the same word as temple2.