as in church
a building for public worship and especially Christian worship
the largest temple in the Gothic style in the country
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Recent Examples of temple
The temple is best visited early in the morning to avoid crowds.
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Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
His wife, Andrea, runs the temple’s School for Jewish Living, which has 55 children enrolled.
—Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
An Egyptian archeological mission has announced their discovery of a temple complex at Tell el-Farama, the site of the ancient city of Pelusium in northern Sinai.
—Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 19 Apr. 2026
The three floors include an indoor temple, a small museum of local artifacts, and a guest space with bedrooms, kitchen and dining area.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2026
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Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
His wife, Andrea, runs the temple’s School for Jewish Living, which has 55 children enrolled.
—Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
An Egyptian archeological mission has announced their discovery of a temple complex at Tell el-Farama, the site of the ancient city of Pelusium in northern Sinai.
—Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 19 Apr. 2026
The three floors include an indoor temple, a small museum of local artifacts, and a guest space with bedrooms, kitchen and dining area.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temple
Noun
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Those who stay at the shelter check in at Upper Rodeo Park before being transported to a shelter location, which is typically a local church.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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The hearse, a limousine and row of cars were lined up outside the church when the gunfire erupted, witnesses and mourners who attended the funeral said.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Every Gothic cathedral is the product of ideas that altered over generations, ambitions abandoned or superseded, compromises with ballooning budgets, labor shortages, or bottlenecks in the supply chain from quarries and forests and mines.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
23 Apr. 2026
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The area Brilliantly located in the old town with two of the city’s biggest attractions—the Unesco World Heritage cathedral and Real Alcázar—a 15-minute stroll south.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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The chapel’s first floor served as a one-room school for much of the late 1800s and early 1900s.—
Lily Carey,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Apr. 2026
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So are her businesses, including a local wedding chapel that was completely destroyed by the fire.—
Ryan Brennan
April 24,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Apr. 2026
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In the corner of one of Amsterdam's most elegant 17th-century canal houses, a cheetah leaps from an antique tabernacle.—
Karen Burshtein,
Time,
12 Mar. 2026
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Vandals broke into a Catholic school in Long Beach overnight Monday, stealing church items, damaging statues and tossing the tabernacle to the ground, according to police and school officials.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Temple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temple. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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