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temple

noun verb

A house of worship, especially:

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
T
Ends with
E
Contains
EM
Scrabble score
10
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

/ˈtɛmp(ə)l/ /ˈtɛmp(ə)l/ /ˈtɛmp(ə)l/

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. A house of worship, especially:

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

  3. Any place regarded as holding a religious presence.

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

    “a temple of commerce, a temple of drinking and dining”

  5. Anything regarded as important or minutely cared for.

    “My body is my temple.”

  6. A gesture wherein the forefingers are outstretched and touch pad to pad while the other fingers are clasped together.

verb

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

noun

  1. The slightly flatter region, on either side of the human head, behind of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear.

  2. Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.

noun

  1. A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.

In context

Example Sentences

a temple of commerce, a temple of drinking and dining
My body is my temple.

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