temple

[ˈtempl]

Definition:
1. Place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity.
2. The flat area on either side of the forehead.
3. An edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes.

Use 'temple' in a sentence:

1. The earliest, that of Eridu, about 4500 B.C.E., and Uruk, a thousand years later, center on impressive temple complexes built of mud brick.
2. We went to the temple of Atlantis and saw it by moonlight.
3. They set up a spurious temple that was a cover for sexual debauchery.
4. The thousand liveried angels—begin to cast their beam on the virgin's outward shape—that's her body, the temple that houses her virginal mind.
5. Yet it left the magnificent five-storey pagoda at the Toji temple in nearby Kyoto unscathed, though it levelled a number of buildings in the neighbourhood.
6. At Temple station, Charlotte rushed into the Ladies.
7. The temples are festooned with lights.
8. The temple is now inaccessible to the public.
9. The object of great interest at the Temple was a large marble tower built in memory of Buddha.
10. Much of the temple was ruined, but the front was whole, as well as a large hall behind it.
11. No one came into Dragon King Temple without breaking into a cold sweat.
12. He was, however, allowed to stay on at the temple as long as he restricted himself to his studies.
13. He had a reddening welt on his temple and his nose was bleeding.
14. You can also enjoy Zhang Fei Temple, Huaguang Tower and so on.
15. The temple was clearly visible from the air.
16. The temple which had lain at the top of the hill disappeared.
17. For Solomon's temple in Jerusalem, Hiram provided craftsmen with particular skills that were needed for this major construction project.
18. They fanned out and carefully combed the temple grounds.
19. There is an altar for incense in the temple.
20. The cleansing of the temple in 164 B.C. is what Jews celebrate with Hanukkah.
21. Another example is the Surya Kund in Modhera, northern Gujarat, next to the Sun Temple, built by King Bhima I in 1026 to honour the sun god Surya.
22. The blue veins stand out ( on one's temples).
23. This boy has been wounded on the temple.
24. My wish of seeing the temple becomes stronger and stronger.
25. The Indian temple is an incongruous sight in the Welsh border country.
26. She strongly objected to rebuilding the temple.
27. The roof of a Japanese temple building can be made to overhang the sides of the structure by fifty per cent or more of the building's overall width.
28. The temple had a marble floor.
29. I didn't go into the temple—I only saw it from the outside.
30. I didn't go into the temple ─ I only saw it from the outside.
31. Police have now been posted outside all temples.
32. There were so many people at the temple fair that we could only elbow our way through the crowd.
33. We reached the temple.
34. His mouth was dry and he felt a drumming in his temples.
35. "It will be like sitting in a sort of temple," said Colin.
36. The old temple sheltered the tramps from bad weather.
37. After the fire, nothing remained of the magnificent buildings of the temple.
38. Fog wreathes the temples.
39. One day, a couple came to the temple.
40. The temple is supported by marble columns.
41. She caught a clear view upwards of the spotlit temple.
42. The object of great interest at the temple was a large marble tower built in memory of Buddha.
43. We go to temple on Saturdays.
44. Threads of silver ran through his beard and the hair at his temples.
45. The architectural structure of the Temple of Heaven is unique.
46. He had black hair, greying at the temples.
47. Many years later, the temple erected in her name was used to house the Roman mint.
48. His temples pulsed a little, threatening a headache.
49. The chanting inside the temple stopped.
50. I tried to emphasize how rich you would have to be to undertake the building of the temple, to undertake the construction of one of those beehive tombs.
51. No one carrying arms is allowed within the precincts of a temple.
52. St Paul speaks of the body as the 'temple of the Holy Spirit'.
53. Careful examination of the ruins revealed an even earlier temple.
54. My body is a temple with ample parking in the rear.