Definition of temple
- n. - A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched
transversely.
- n. - The space, on either side of the head, back of the eye and
forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.
- n. - 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.
- n. - A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity;
as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in India.
- n. - The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of
Jehovah.
- n. - Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of
public worship; a church.
- n. - Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially
resides.
- v. t. - To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as,
to temple a god.