Temple

Specific worship site

Temple as a proper noun typically refers to a specific sacred site—the Temple in Jerusalem destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE, or Temple as a surname.

Shirley Temple was a famous child actress.

Temple University is in Philadelphia.

The Knights Templar took their name from the Temple Mount.

The destruction of the Temple shaped Jewish history. (Lowercase temple is a place of worship or part of the head.)

Jerusalem

synagogue

Jewish house of worship

Solomon · Herod · Western Wall · Holy of Holies · Levite · sacrifice · destruction · Tisha B'Av · rebuilding · Mount

Mormon

LDS

Mormon church abbreviation

celestial · baptistry · recommend · spire · sacred · garment · covenant · eternal · marriage · genealogy

surname

ambassador

Official foreign representative

Categories
Opposites
sacred vs profane space

Templebrothel

Commercial sex establishment

den of iniquity · casino · nightclub · slaughterhouse · marketplace

religious formality/institutionalization

Templewilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

open field · street corner · nature · mountaintop · sacred grove

spiritual orientation

Templehell

Underworld of suffering

pit · abyss · cursed ground

Phrases
Family

temples, contemplate, templum, Templars

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G