1. Noun
A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
2. Noun
The space, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.
3. Noun
One of the side bars of a pair of spectacles, jointed to the bows, and passing one on either side of the head to hold the spectacles in place.
4. Noun
A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity; as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in India.
5. Noun
The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah.
6. Noun
Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church.
7. Noun
Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially resides.
8. Verb
To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god.
9. Noun
an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
10. Noun
(Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
Vocabulary classified under Engineering
11. Noun
place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
Vocabulary classified under Engineering
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