| temple | |
| 1. n. A house of worship, especially | |
| 2. n. A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith. | |
| The temple of Zeus was very large. | |
| 3. n. (Judaism) A synagogue, especially a non-Orthodox synagogue. | |
| How often do you go to temple? | |
| 4. n. (Mormonism) A church closed to non-Mormons and necessary for particular rituals. | |
| 5. n. (Japan) A Buddhist house of worship, as opposed to a Shinto shrine. | |
| 6. n. A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members. | |
| 7. n. (figurative) Any place regarded as holding a religious presence. | |
| 8. n. (figurative) Anything regarded as important or minutely cared for. | |
| My body is my temple. | |
| 9. n. (figurative) A gesture wherein the forefingers are outstretched and touch pad to pad while the other fingers are clasped together. | |
| 10. v. To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; to temple a god | |
| 11. n. (anatomy) The slightly flatter region, on either side of the human head, behind of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear. | |
| 12. n. (ophthalmology) Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them. | |
| 13. n. (weaving) A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely. | |
