| Main Entry: | temple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | house of worship |
Synonyms: |
cathedral, chapel, church, holy place, house, house of God, house of prayer, mosque, pagoda, pantheon, place of worship, sanctuary, shrine, synagogue, tabernacle |
| Concept: | Temple. |
| Category: | 5. Religious institutions |
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-nouns
place of worship; house of God, house of prayer., temple, cathedral, minster, church, kirk, chapel, meetinghouse, bethel, tabernacle, conventicle, basilica, fane, holy place, chantry, oratory., synagogue; mosque; marabout; pantheon; pagoda; joss house; dogobah, tope; kiosk; kiack, masjid., parsonage, rectory, vicarage, manse, deanery, glebe; Vatican; bishop's palace; Lambeth., altar, shrine, sanctuary, Holy of Holies, sanctum sanctorum, sacristy; sacrarium; communion table, holy table, Lord's table; table of the Lord; pyx; baptistery, font; piscina, stoup; aumbry; sedile; reredos; roodloft, roodscreen., chancel, quire, choir, nave, aisle, transept, vestry, crypt, golgotha, calvary, Easter sepulcher; stall, pew; pulpit, ambo, lectern, reading desk, confessional, prothesis, credence, baldachin, baldacchino; apse, belfry; chapter house; presbytery; anxious-bench, anxious-seat; diaconicum, jube; mourner's bench, mourner's seat., cloisters, churchyard., monastery, priory, abbey, friary, convent, nunnery, cloister.
-adjectives
claustral, cloistered; monastic, monasterial; conventual.
-phrases
ne vile fano; "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple" [tempest].
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