temple
    n 1: place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship
         of a deity
    2: the flat area on either side of the forehead; "the veins in
       his temple throbbed"
    3: an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes
    4: (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
       [syn: synagogue, temple, tabernacle]

Temple \Tem"ple\, n. [Cf. Templet.] (Weaving)
   A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched
   transversely.
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Temple \Tem"ple\, n. [OF. temple, F. tempe, from L. tempora,
   tempus; perhaps originally, the right place, the fatal spot,
   supposed to be the same word as tempus, temporis, the fitting
   or appointed time. See Temporal of time, and cf. Tempo,
   Tense, n.]
   1. (Anat.) The space, on either side of the head, back of the
      eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of
      the ear.
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   2. 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.
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Temple \Tem"ple\, n. [AS. tempel, from L. templum a space marked
   out, sanctuary, temple; cf. Gr. ? a piece of land marked off,
   land dedicated to a god: cf. F. t['e]mple, from the Latin.
   Cf. Contemplate.]
   1. A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity;
      as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in
      India. "The temple of mighty Mars." --Chaucer.
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   2. (Jewish Antiq.) The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the
      worship of Jehovah.
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            Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
                                                  --John x. 23.
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   3. Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of
      public worship; a church.
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            Can he whose life is a perpetual insult to the
            authority of God enter with any pleasure a temple
            consecrated to devotion and sanctified by prayer?
                                                  --Buckminster.
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   4. Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially
      resides. "The temple of his body." --John ii. 21.
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            Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that
            the spirit of God dwelleth in you?    --1 Cor. iii.
                                                  16.
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            The groves were God's first temples.  --Bryant.
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   5. (Mormon Ch.) A building dedicated to the administration of
      ordinances.
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   6. A local organization of Odd Fellows.
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   Inner Temple, and Middle Temple, two buildings, or ranges
      of buildings, occupied by two inns of court in London, on
      the site of a monastic establishment of the Knights
      Templars, called the Temple.
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Temple \Tem"ple\, v. t.
   To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to
   temple a god. [R.] --Feltham.
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Temple
   first used of the tabernacle, which is called "the temple of the
   Lord" (1 Sam. 1:9). In the New Testament the word is used
   figuratively of Christ's human body (John 2:19, 21). Believers
   are called "the temple of God" (1 Cor. 3:16, 17). The Church is
   designated "an holy temple in the Lord" (Eph. 2:21). Heaven is
   also called a temple (Rev. 7:5). We read also of the heathen
   "temple of the great goddess Diana" (Acts 19:27).
   
     This word is generally used in Scripture of the sacred house
   erected on the summit of Mount Moriah for the worship of God. It
   is called "the temple" (1 Kings 6:17); "the temple [R.V.,
   'house'] of the Lord" (2 Kings 11:10); "thy holy temple" (Ps.
   79:1); "the house of the Lord" (2 Chr. 23:5, 12); "the house of
   the God of Jacob" (Isa. 2:3); "the house of my glory" (60:7); an
   "house of prayer" (56:7; Matt. 21:13); "an house of sacrifice"
   (2 Chr. 7:12); "the house of their sanctuary" (2 Chr. 36:17);
   "the mountain of the Lord's house" (Isa. 2:2); "our holy and our
   beautiful house" (64:11); "the holy mount" (27:13); "the palace
   for the Lord God" (1 Chr. 29:1); "the tabernacle of witness" (2
   Chr. 24:6); "Zion" (Ps. 74:2; 84:7). Christ calls it "my
   Father's house" (John 2:16).
   

Temple, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
   Population (2000):    2383
   Housing Units (2000): 956
   Land area (2000):     6.764119 sq. miles (17.518986 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.095859 sq. miles (0.248273 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    6.859978 sq. miles (17.767259 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            75832
   Located within:       Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
   Location:             33.735723 N, 85.027298 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     30179
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Temple, GA
    Temple

Temple, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
   Population (2000):    1146
   Housing Units (2000): 604
   Land area (2000):     1.307054 sq. miles (3.385253 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.307054 sq. miles (3.385253 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            72750
   Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
   Location:             34.271175 N, 98.234785 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     73568
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Temple, OK
    Temple

Temple, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
   Population (2000):    54514
   Housing Units (2000): 23511
   Land area (2000):     65.351319 sq. miles (169.259133 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.091848 sq. miles (0.237884 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    65.443167 sq. miles (169.497017 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            72176
   Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
   Location:             31.093678 N, 97.362202 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     76501 76502 76504
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Temple, TX
    Temple