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temple noun

  /ˈtɛmp(ə)l/
  • A house of worship, especially:
  • A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members.
  • (figurative) Any place regarded as holding a religious presence.
  • (figurative) Any place seen as an important centre for some activity.
  • (figurative) Anything regarded as important or minutely cared for.
temppeli

temple noun

  /ˈtɛmp(ə)l/
  • (anatomy) The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head of a vertebrate, including a human, behind the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear.
ohimo
  • (ophthalmology) Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.
sanka, silmälasinsanka

temple noun

  /ˈtɛmp(ə)l/
  • (weaving) A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
pingotin

Temple properNoun

  • (Judaism, Christianity, historical) Any of the former chief temples to YHWH in Jerusalem, particularly Solomon's Temple.
  • Either of two of the Inns of Court in London (the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple), built on a site once occupied by the Knights Templar.
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