Definitions for Temple
Temple
tem·ple
Spelling: [tem-puh l]
IPA: /ˈtɛm pəl/
Temple is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 74 anagrams from letters in Temple (eelmpt).
Definitions for Temple
noun
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an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
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(usually initial capital letter) any of the three successive houses of worship in Jerusalem in use by the Jews in Biblical times, the first built by Solomon, the second by Zerubbabel, and the third by Herod.
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a synagogue, usually a Reform or Conservative one.
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an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church, especially a large or imposing one.
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any place or object in which God dwells, as the body of a Christian. I Cor. 6:19.
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(in France) a Protestant church.
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(in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) a building devoted to administering sacred ordinances, principally that of eternal marriage.
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a building, usually large or pretentious, devoted to some public use:
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(initial capital letter) either of two establishments of the medieval Templars, one in London and the other in Paris.
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(initial capital letter) either of two groups of buildings ((Inner Temple) and (Middle Temple)) on the site of the Templars' former establishment in London, occupied by two of the Inns of Court.
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a building used by the Templars in the U.S.
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a building used by any of various fraternal orders.
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Anatomy. the flattened region on either side of the forehead in human beings.
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Zoology. a corresponding region in certain animals.
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Ophthalmology. either of the sidepieces of a pair of eyeglasses extending back above and often around the ears.
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a device in a loom for keeping the cloth stretched to the proper width during the weaving.
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Shirley (Shirley Temple Black) 1928–2014, U.S. film actress, famous for child roles during the 1930s, and diplomat.
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Sir William, 1628–99, English essayist and diplomat.
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a city in central Texas.
Origin of Temple
before 900; Middle English, variant of tempel, Old English Latin templum space demarcated by an augur for taking auspices, temple
Examples for Temple
But my sister went to temple University, so I spent a lot of time in Philly.
"And I will have the stone from the temple," cried Hordle John.
She was told she and her future husband could not be married in a Mormon temple.
She helped Geta to escape: they have both taken refuge in the temple of Theseus.
There are Egyptian influences and an imitation Hindu temple.
But his head was whirling round, the blood was gushing from his brow, his temple, his mouth.
She says she met Cosby, a temple alumnus and big-time donor to the university, in November 2002.
Priestess of the Corn,' she called toward the temple, 'do you also mislead the people?'
As alarming as parents might find those results, Dr. temple cautions against jumping to any drastic conclusions.
The child was preserved, and brought up in the temple of Phœbus.