Definition of "temple" in Anglais

noun

1. A house of worship, especially:

2. A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members.

3. (figurative) Any place regarded as holding a religious presence.

4. (figurative) Any place seen as an important centre for some activity.

   • a temple of commerce; a temple of drinking and dining

5. (figurative) Anything regarded as important or minutely cared for.

   • My body is my temple.

6. (figurative) A gesture wherein the forefingers are outstretched and touch pad to pad while the other fingers are clasped together.

verb

1. (transitive) To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; to temple a god

noun

1. (anatomy) The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head of a vertebrate, including a human, behind the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear.

2. (ophthalmology) Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.

noun

1. (weaving) A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.