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temple

//ˈtɛm.pl̩//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for temple

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Forms

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
temples

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
temple
past (v2)
templed
past participle (v3)
templed
present participle
templing
3rd person singular
temples

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.A house of worship, especially:

    • How often do you go to temple?
    • The temple of Zeus was very large.

  2. 2.A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members.

  3. 3.Any place regarded as holding a religious presence.

  4. 4.Any place seen as an important centre for some activity.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; to temple a god

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3670

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Etymology

From Middle English temple, from Old English templ, tempel, borrowed from Latin templum (“shrine, temple, area for auspices”).

Compare Old High German tempal (“temple”), also a borrowing from the Latin.

Displaced native Old English ealh.

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