temple

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A building used for worship in some religions.

   They visited an ancient temple during their trip to Greece.

2. 2
   noun

   The flat area on each side of the head, between the forehead and the ear.

   He rubbed his temples to ease the headache.

From Middle English temple, from Old English templ, tempel, borrowed from Latin templum (“shrine, temple, area for auspices”). Compare Old High German tempal (“temple”), also a borrowing from the Latin.

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