Temple Definition
A town in Maine.
A village in Cornwall.
To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to.
Other Word Forms of Temple
Noun
Origin of Temple
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From Middle English temple, from Old French temple, from Latin tempora (“the temples"), plural of tempus (“temple, head, face") (see "temporal bone")
From Wiktionary
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Middle English tempille from Old French temple possibly from Latin templum small piece of timber tem- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old French from Vulgar Latin tempula from Latin tempora pl. of tempus temple of the head
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English temple, from Old English templ, from Latin templum (“shrine, temple, area for auspices").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English tempel from Latin templum tem- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin templum (“a small timber, a purlin"); compare templet and template.
From Wiktionary
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