temple
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English temple, from Old English templ, tempel, borrowed from Latin templum (“shrine, temple, area for auspices”). Compare Old High German tempal (“temple”), also a borrowing from the Latin.
Inflected forms:
form: temples
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: temples
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: templing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: templed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: templed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A house of worship, especially:
pos: noun
examples: The temple of Zeus was very large.
As of October 1968 Lukang, which had a resident population of between 27,000 and 28,000 people, had 39 temples. It is my impression that Lukang has more temples than do most Taiwanese communities of equivalent size. By temple I mean a structure that houses an image, altar, and incense pot, and is freely accessible to the general public. In speaking of the 39 temples of Lukang, I am omitting the numerous small shrines to the unknown dead (Yu Ying Kung), buildings dedicated to ancestors rather than deities (two), Christian churches (four), incense-burner associations that keep their incense pot or image in private homes, and private shrines such as the domestic altars of tang-ki (spirit mediums) or the shrine of the now defunct Ch'üan-chou guild, found in the back room of a drugstore endowed with the guild property.[...]Lukang, seen in comparative perspective, has a lot of temples.
gloss: A house of worship, especially:
pos: noun
tags: Judaism
examples: How often do you go to temple?
gloss: A house of worship, especially:
pos: noun
tags: Mormonism
gloss: A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members.
pos: noun
gloss: Any place regarded as holding a religious presence.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
gloss: Any place seen as an important centre for some activity.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: a temple of commerce; a temple of drinking and dining
gloss: Anything regarded as important or minutely cared for.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: My body is my temple.
For nature crescent does not grow alone
In thews and bulks, but as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal.
gloss: A gesture wherein the forefingers are outstretched and touch pad to pad while the other fingers are clasped together.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: Again Abdullah listened intently, his eyes closed, his ten fingers forming a temple of his hands in front of him.
gloss: To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; to temple a god
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: though the Heathen (in many places) Templed and adored this drunken God
Synonyms: house of worship
place of worship
fane
temple
shrine
Related words: Templar
:Category:en:Places of worship
Derived words: ancestral temple
antetemple
fire temple
Holy Temple
lineage temple
nontemple
subtemple
temple block
temple dancer
Temple Ewell
Temple Fortune
templeful
temple garment
temple girl
temple-goer
templegoer
temple-going
Temple Guiting
Temple Hirst
Temple in Jerusalem
templeless
templelike
temple marriage
Temple Meads
Temple Mills
Temple Mount
temple name
Temple of Heaven
temple of immensity
temple orange
temple prostitute
temple prostitution
Temple Sowerby
temple title
temple tree frog
temple viper
templize
templeward
templewards
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: аны́хабаа
roman: anə́xabaa
lang: Afrikaans
word: tempel
lang: Aghwan
word: 𐕊𐔰𐕜𐔰𐕙
roman: č̣aṭar
lang: Akkadian
word: nakkaptum
lang: Albanian
word: faltore
lang: Albanian
word: tempull
lang: Amharic
word: ቤተ መቅደስ
roman: betä mäḳdäs
lang: Western Apache
word: kįh biyiʼ daʼchʼokąąhí
lang: Arabic
word: مَعْبَد
roman: maʕbad
lang: Arabic
word: هَيْكَل
roman: haykal
lang: Arabic
word: معبد
roman: maʕbad
lang: Armenian
word: տաճար
roman: tačar
lang: Armenian
word: մեհյան
roman: mehyan
lang: Armenian
word: բագին
roman: bagin
lang: Assamese
word: দৌল
roman: doul
lang: Assamese
word: মন্দিৰ
roman: mondir
lang: Asturian
word: templu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: məbəd
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ibadətxana
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ibadətgah
lang: Baba Malay
word: tempeh
lang: Bashkir
word: ғибәҙәтхана
roman: ğibəźətxana
lang: Basque
word: tenplu
lang: Belarusian
word: храм
roman: xram
lang: Bengali
word: মন্দির
roman: mondir
lang: Bengali
word: মঠ
roman: moṭh
lang: Bhojpuri
word: 𑂧𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂱𑂪
roman: mandil
lang: Central Bikol
word: templo
lang: Bulgarian
word: храм
roman: hram
lang: Burmese
word: ဘုရား
roman: bhu.ra:
lang: Burmese
word: ဝတ်ကျောင်း
roman: watkyaung:
lang: Burmese
word: နားထင်
roman: na:htang
lang: Catalan
word: temple
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 廟 /庙
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 寺廟 /寺庙
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 寺廟 /寺庙
roman: sìmiào
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 寺
roman: sì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 庙
roman: miào
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 寺院
roman: sìyuàn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 神殿
roman: shéndiàn
lang: Cornish
word: eglos teg
lang: Czech
word: chrám
lang: Danish
word: tempel
lang: Dutch
word: tempel
lang: Dzongkha
word: ལྷ་ཁང
roman: lha khang
lang: Egyptian
word: nTr-Hwt-t:pr
roman: ḥwt-nṯr
lang: Egyptian
word: r:Z1-pr*Z1:niwt
roman: r-pr
lang: Esperanto
word: templo
lang: Faroese
word: tempul
lang: Finnish
word: temppeli
lang: French
word: temple
lang: Galician
word: templo
lang: Georgian
word: ტაძარი
roman: ṭaʒari
lang: German
word: Tempel
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌰𐌻𐌷𐍃
roman: alhs
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌷𐌿𐍃
roman: gudhus
lang: Greek
word: ναός
roman: naós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ναός
roman: naós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἱερόν
roman: hierón
lang: Gujarati
word: મંદિર
roman: mandir
lang: Hawaiian
word: heiau
lang: Hebrew
word: מִקְדָּשׁ
roman: mikdásh
lang: Hindi
word: मंदिर
roman: mandir
lang: Hindi
word: मठ
roman: maṭh
lang: Hungarian
word: szentély
lang: Hungarian
word: templom
lang: Icelandic
word: musteri
lang: Icelandic
word: hof
lang: Ido
word: templo
lang: Indonesian
word: kuil
lang: Indonesian
word: pura
lang: Indonesian
word: wihara
lang: Indonesian
word: kelenteng
lang: Interlingua
word: templo
lang: Irish
word: teampall
lang: Old Irish
word: tempul
lang: Italian
word: tempio
lang: Japanese
word: 神殿
roman: shinden
lang: Japanese
word: 堂塔
roman: dōtō
lang: Japanese
word: 寺
roman: tera
lang: Japanese
word: 寺院
roman: jiin
lang: Japanese
word: 神社
roman: jinja
lang: Kankanaey
word: timplo
lang: Kannada
word: ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ
roman: dēvasthāna
lang: Kazakh
word: ғыйбадатһана
roman: ğyibadathana
lang: Kazakh
word: храм
roman: xram
lang: Kazakh
word: ғибадатхана
roman: ğibadatxana
lang: Khmer
word: វត្ត
roman: vŏət
lang: Khmer
word: ប្រាសាទ
roman: praasaat
lang: Konkani
word: ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ
roman: dēvasthān
lang: Korean
word: 절
roman: jeol
lang: Korean
word: 사찰
roman: sachal
lang: Korean
word: 사원
roman: sawon
lang: Central Kurdish
word: پەرستگا
roman: peristga
lang: Kyrgyz
word: ибадаткана
roman: ibadatkana
lang: Kyrgyz
word: храм
roman: hram
lang: Ladino
word: templo
lang: Lao
word: ວັດ
roman: wat
lang: Latin
word: templum
lang: Latin
word: aedis
lang: Latin
word: dēlūbrum
lang: Latin
word: fānum
lang: Latvian
word: templis
lang: Lithuanian
word: šventykla
lang: Lü
word: ᦞᧆ
roman: vad
lang: Macedonian
word: храм
roman: hram
lang: Magahi
word: 𑂧𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂱𑂪
roman: mandil
lang: Malay
word: kuil
lang: Malayalam
word: അമ്പലം
roman: ampalaṁ
lang: Malayalam
word: ദേവാലയം
roman: dēvālayaṁ
lang: Maltese
word: tempju
lang: Maltese
word: maqdes
lang: Māori
word: temepara
lang: Marathi
word: देऊळ
roman: deūḷ
lang: Marathi
word: मंदिर
roman: mandir
lang: Mongolian
word: сүм
roman: süm
lang: Mongolian
word: сүм дуган
roman: süm dugan
lang: Mongolian
word: дуган
roman: dugan
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠰᠦᠮ ᠡ
roman: süm e
lang: Norman
word: templ'ye
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: tempel
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: tempel
lang: Occitan
word: temple
lang: Odia
word: ମନ୍ଦିର
roman: mandira
lang: Old English
word: ealh
lang: Old English
word: tempel
lang: Old Galician-Portuguese
word: templo
lang: Parthian
word: 𐭁𐭂𐭍𐭉
lang: Pashto
word: معبد
roman: ma'bad
lang: Pashto
word: بتخانه
roman: botxāna
lang: Iranian Persian
word: پَرَسْتِشْکَدِه
roman: parasteškade
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مَعْبَد
roman: ma'bad
lang: Iranian Persian
word: ناوُس
roman: nâvos
lang: Iranian Persian
word: فَرْخار
roman: farxâr
lang: Iranian Persian
word: فَغِسْتان
roman: faġestân
lang: Iranian Persian
word: عِبادَتْخانِه
roman: ebâdatxâne
lang: Iranian Persian
word: پَرَسْتِشْگاه
roman: parastešgâh
lang: Iranian Persian
word: عِبادَتْگاه
roman: ebâdatgâh
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Tempel
lang: Polish
word: świątynia
lang: Polish
word: bożnica
lang: Polish
word: chram
lang: Polish
word: kącina
lang: Polish
word: kontyna
lang: Polish
word: gontyna
lang: Polish
word: kupiszta
lang: Portuguese
word: templo
lang: Romani
word: khangeri
lang: Romanian
word: templu
lang: Russian
word: храм
roman: xram
lang: Russian
word: ме́сто богослуже́ния
roman: mésto bogoslužénija
lang: Sanskrit
word: देवालय
roman: devālaya
lang: Sanskrit
word: मठ
roman: maṭha
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: хра̑м
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: бого̀моља
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: hrȃm
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: bogòmolja
lang: Slovak
word: chrám
lang: Slovene
word: tempelj
lang: Southern Altai
word: храм
roman: hram
lang: Spanish
word: templo
lang: Old Spanish
word: templo
lang: Swahili
word: hekalu
lang: Swedish
word: tempel
lang: Tagalog
word: templo
lang: Tajik
word: ибодатхона
roman: ibodatxona
lang: Tajik
word: маъбад
roman: ma'bad
lang: Tajik
word: фархор
roman: farxor
lang: Tajik
word: парастишгоҳ
roman: parastišgoh
lang: Tajik
word: ибодатгоҳ
roman: ibodatgoh
lang: Tamil
word: கோயில்
roman: kōyil
lang: Tamil
word: தேவளம்
roman: tēvaḷam
lang: Tamil
word: தேவாலயம்
roman: tēvālayam
lang: Tatar
word: гыйбадәтханә
roman: ğıybadätxanä
lang: Telugu
word: కోవెల
roman: kōvela
lang: Telugu
word: ఆలయము
roman: ālayamu
lang: Telugu
word: గుడి
roman: guḍi
lang: Telugu
word: దేవళము
roman: dēvaḷamu
lang: Thai
word: วัด
roman: wát
lang: Tibetan
word: ལྷ་ཁང
roman: lha khang
lang: Turkish
word: tapınak
lang: Turkish
word: toplak
lang: Turkish
word: ibadethane
lang: Turkish
word: mabet
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: عبادتخانه
roman: ʼibâdethâne
lang: Turkmen
word: ybadathana
lang: Ukrainian
word: храм
roman: xram
lang: Umbrian
word: 𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄
roman: uerfale
lang: Urdu
word: مَعْبَد
roman: ma'bad
lang: Urdu
word: مَٹھ
roman: maṭh
lang: Urdu
word: عِبادَت گاہ
roman: 'ibādat gāh
lang: Urdu
word: مَنْدِر
roman: mandir
lang: Uyghur
word: يباداتھانا
roman: ybadathana
lang: Uyghur
word: تاۈينيديغان چاي
roman: taüynydyghan chay
lang: Uzbek
word: ibodatxona
lang: Uzbek
word: butxona
lang: Uzbek
word: maʻbad
lang: Uzbek
word: ibodatgoh
lang: Vietnamese
word: đền
lang: Vietnamese
word: thiền viện
lang: Vietnamese
word: chùa
lang: Welsh
word: teml
lang: Yiddish
word: טעמפּל
roman: templ
lang: Yiddish
word: שול
roman: shul
lang: Yoruba
word: tẹmpili
lang: Yoruba
word: ile Ọlọrun
lang: Zhuang
word: caeh
lang: Finnish
word: temppeli
lang: Hungarian
word: templom
lang: Hungarian
word: szentély
lang: Polish
word: świątynia
lang: Russian
word: святы́ня
roman: svjatýnja