Temple synonyms

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fane
A temple or sacred place.
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house-of-worship
(Religion) A religious edifice; a mosque, church, temple, or similar place where believers go to practice their faith.
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stupa
A dome-shaped Buddhist shrine
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church (related)
Public divine worship in a church; a religious service:
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pantheon
The circular Roman temple dedicated to all the gods in 27 BC in Rome. Since the 7th century AD reconsecrated by christianity and dedicated to their single god.
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aedes (Latin)
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hieron
A consecrated place, especially a temple.
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dagoba
A stupa.
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pagoda
A structure, such as a garden pavilion, built in imitation of a multistory Buddhist tower.
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forehead
The part of the face between the eyebrows and the line where the hair normally begins
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marai
Alternative form of marae.
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teocalli
A temple of ancient Mexico, usually built on a pyramidal mound.
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tope
A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout.
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shrine
A site hallowed by association with a revered person or object or with an important event:
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synagogue
The Jewish religion as organized or typified in local congregations.
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tabernacle
The definition of a tabernacle is a place of worship.
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monastery (related)
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cathedral
The main church of a bishop's see, containing the cathedra
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chapel
The services held at a chapel:
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mosque
The definition of a mosque is a Muslim place of worship.
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naos
(Architecture) The inner part of a Greek temple; it contained a statue of the appropriate deity surrounded by a colonnaded portico; it gave rise to the Roman cella
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tomb (related)
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temples (related)
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mausoleum (related)
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rock-cut (related)
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citadel (related)
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basilica (related)
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altar (related)
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sepulchre (related)
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karnak (related)
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anaitis (related)
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baptismal-font (related)
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sanctuary
The consecrated (sacred) area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar.
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ziggurat
A temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, in the form of a terraced pyramid with each story smaller than the one below it
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inns of court (related)
The four legal societies in London having the exclusive right to admit persons to practice at the bar
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statue (related)
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nymphaeum (related)
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Find another word for temple. In this page you can discover 39 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for temple, like: fane, house-of-worship, stupa, house of prayer, church, pantheon, aedes (Latin), hieron, dagoba, pagoda and forehead.
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Temple Sentence Examples

  • The feel of his warm fingers on her temple was comforting.

  • The temple is gone.

  • There was a temple of Serapis at Portus.

  • The collapse both of this temple and of that of Heracles must be attributed to an earthquake; many fallen blocks of the former were removed in 1756 for the construction of the harbour of Porto Empedocle.

  • He was a priest of the Jerusalem temple, probably a member of the dominant house of Zadok, and doubtless had the literary training of the cultivated priesthood of the time, including acquaintance with the national historical, legal and ritual traditions and with the contemporary history and customs of neighbouring peoples.

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