v. t. To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to;
n. [ Cf. Templet. ] (Weaving) A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. temple, F. tempe, from L. tempora, tempus; perhaps originally, the right place, the fatal spot, supposed to be the same word as tempus, temporis, the fitting or appointed time. See Temporal of time, and cf. Tempo, Tense, n. ]
n. [ AS. tempel, from L. templum a space marked out, sanctuary, temple; cf. Gr. &unr_; a piece of land marked off, land dedicated to a god: cf. F. témple, from the Latin. Cf. Contemplate. ]
Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. John x. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]
Can he whose life is a perpetual insult to the authority of God enter with any pleasure a temple consecrated to devotion and sanctified by prayer? Buckminster. [ 1913 Webster ]
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you? 1 Cor. iii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
The groves were God's first temples. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]
Inner Temple,
Middle Temple
a. Supplied with a temple or temples, or with churches; inclosed in a temple. [ 1913 Webster ]
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills. S. F. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. templatus vaulted, from L. templum a small timber. ]