temple
[noun]
Synonyms: shrine, church, sanctuary

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I. Temple
an area in central London which contains the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple, two parts of the Inns of Court. Many lawyers and barristers work there.

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II. Temple, Shir‧ley /ˈʃɜːli $ ˈʃɜːr-/
(1928–) a US child actress who was very popular during the 1930s. She sang and danced and had blond curly hair, and is best known for singing the song On the Good Ship Lollipop. Her films include Little Miss Marker (1934) and Heidi (1937). As an adult she became Shirley Temple Black, and worked as an ambassador for the US government.

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tem‧ple /ˈtempəl/ noun [countable]
[Sense 1: Date: 800-900; Language: Latin; Origin: templum]
[Sense 2: Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Vulgar Latin tempula, from Latin tempora (plural)]

1. a building where people go to worship, in the Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, and Mormon religions

2. [usually plural] one of the two fairly flat areas on each side of your forehead

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temple
noun
I. building used for worship
ADJ. great the great temples of Egypt
ancient, classical | sacred | ruined | Buddhist, Hindu, etc. | heathen, pagan
TEMPLE + NOUN priest
PREP. in a/the ~ They went to pray in the temple.

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temple
II. part of the head
ADJ. left, right | throbbing
PREP. at sb's/the ~ s He's greying at the temples.
in sb's ~ s There was a throbbing in her temples.

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