Complete Definition of "temple"

Image:Ryusenji-Temple01.JPG|thumb|right|Ryusenji temple in Osaka, Japan.
English

Pronunciation
t�m'p(�)l, /�temp(�)l/, /"temp(@)l/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�mp�l|-�mp�l

Noun
en-noun

  1. The region of the skull on either side of the forehead.
  2. A building for worship.

#:"A temple of Zeus."

  1. (often capitalized) The Jewish temple of Jerusalem, first built by Solomon.
  2. (French), Sometimes used to describe a protestant church in French-speaking nations.
  3. Something regarded as holding religious presence.
  4. Something of importance; something attended to.

#:My body is my temple.

  1. (Ophthalmology) Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.
  2. obsolete a body
Quotations
;body
1602 : s:Hamlet|Hamlet by w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 3 lines 11-12-13-14

Translations
trans-top|region of skull
Czech: spánek m
Finnish: ohimo
French: tempe f
German: Schläfe f
Icelandic: gagnauga n
Ido: temporo
Italian: tempia f
trans-mid
Japanese: �谷 or 顳顬 (����, komekami)
Korean: ���� (gwanjanoli)
Maltese: ngħas m
Portuguese: têmpora f
Russian: ви�ок (visók) m
Slovene: sence n
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trans-top|worship place
Arabic: Arab|�عبد|��ع�ب�د (má�bad) m
Bosnian: hram m
Croatian: hram m
Czech: chrám m
Finnish: temppeli
French: temple#French|temple m
German: Tempel m
Gujarati: મ�દિર (ma.ndir) n
Hebrew: �ק�ש|�ִקְ�ָּש� (miqdash) m
Hindi: मन�दिर (mandir) m
Icelandic: musteri n, hof n
Ido: templo
Italian: tempio m
trans-mid
Japanese: �殿 (����, shinden); Buddhist temple: �� (����, d�t�), 寺 (��, tera), 寺� (���, jīn)
Korean: � (jeol), �찰 (寺�, sachal)
Kurdish: KUchar|پ��رستگا
Maltese: tempju m, maqdes m
Persian: fa-Arab|کد� (kade)
Polish: �wi�tynia f
Portuguese: templo m
Russian: ��ам (xram) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ��ам#Serbian|��ам m
:Roman: hram#Serbian|hram m
Slovak: chrám#Slovak|chrám m
Slovene: tempelj m
Spanish: templo m
Telugu: ��వ�ల (kovela), �లయమ� (aalayamu), ��డి (gudi)
Urdu: ur-Arab|��در (mandir) m, ur-Arab|�عبد (maʿbad) m
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trans-top|holding the religious presence
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trans-top|something of importance
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ttbc|Chinese: 寺� (sì miào)
ttbc|Dutch: tempel m
ttbc|Indonesian: pura, kuil
ttbc|Interlingua: templo
ttbc|Latin: aedes f, templum n
ttbc|Telugu: ��డి (guDi)

Derived terms
temporal
Templar


French

Pronunciation
/t��pl/, /tA~pl/

Noun
temple m (temples)

  1. A building for worship: temple, church.

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