temple /tɪm.pl̩/noun 12verb 1forms 3phrases 1 noun12 •a building for prayer that belongs to a faith with many godsThe temple of Zeus was very large. •A house of worship. •As opposed to an LDS meetinghouse, a church closed to non-Mormons and necessary for particular rituals. •(Judaism) Synonym of synagogue, especially a non-Orthodox synagogue.How often do you go to temple? •The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head of a vertebrate, including a human, behind the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear.A few days after the electrodes were implanted, Bennett welcomed visitors into his hospital room. His head is wrapped in bandages. A thick braid of wires hangs from his left temple. — 2013 •(figurative) Anything regarded as important or minutely cared for.My body is my temple. •(figurative) Any place seen as an important centre for some activity. •(figurative) Any place regarded as holding a religious presence. •Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them. •(figurative) A gesture wherein the forefingers are outstretched and touch pad to pad while the other fingers are clasped together.Again Abdullah listened intently, his eyes closed, his ten fingers forming a temple of his hands in front of him. — 2010 •A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members. •A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely. verb1 •To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; to temple a godthough the Heathen (in many places) Templed and adored this drunken God — 1623 formstempled · templing · temples Phrases with temple temple of immensityThe universe or the complete overhead expanse of the heavens, especially as conceived as an object of religious reverence.
