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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tabernacle
The definition of a tabernacle is a place of worship.
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marai
Alternative form of marae.
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stupa
A dome-shaped Buddhist shrine
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teocalli
A temple of ancient Mexico, usually built on a pyramidal mound.
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church (related)
Public divine worship in a church; a religious service:
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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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forehead
The part of the face between the eyebrows and the line where the hair normally begins
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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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pagoda
A structure, such as a garden pavilion, built in imitation of a multistory Buddhist tower.
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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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synagogue
The Jewish religion as organized or typified in local congregations.
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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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tomb (related)
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temples (related)
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hieron
A consecrated place, especially a temple.
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aedes (Latin)
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tope
A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout.
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monastery (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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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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cathedral
The main church of a bishop's see, containing the cathedra
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sanctuary
The consecrated (sacred) area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar.
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statue (related)
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nymphaeum (related)
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dagoba
A stupa.
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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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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.

  • Half an hour later, the Rhetor returned to inform the seeker of the seven virtues, corresponding to the seven steps of Solomon's temple, which every Freemason should cultivate in himself.

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