You can make 41 words from temple according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
Definitions and meaning of temple
temple
Pronunciation
enPR: tĕm'p(ə)l, IPA(key): /ˈtɛmp(ə)l/
Rhymes: -ɛmpəl
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishtemple, from Old Englishtempl, tempel, borrowed from Latintemplum(“shrine, temple, area for auspices”). Compare Old High Germantempal(“temple”), also a borrowing from the Latin.
Noun
temple (pluraltemples)
A house of worship, especially:
A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith.
(Judaism)Synonym of synagogue, especially a non-Orthodox synagogue.
How often do you go to temple?
(Mormonism) As opposed to an LDS meetinghouse, a church closed to non-Mormons and necessary for particular rituals.
A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members.
(figurative) Any place regarded as holding a religious presence.
(figurative) Any place seen as an important centre for some activity.
(figurative) Anything regarded as important or minutely cared for.
(figurative) A gesture wherein the forefingers are outstretched and touch pad to pad while the other fingers are clasped together.
Usage notes
This word is rarely used in English to refer to a Christian house of worship, especially in Western Christianity.
Synonyms
(house of worship):house of worship, place of worship
Hyponyms
(house of worship):church(Christian, usually distinguished); mosque(Muslim, usually distinguished); synagogue(Jewish); gurudwara, gurdwara(Sikh); athenaeum(dedicated to Athena), Mithraeum(dedicated to Mithras); Iseum, Iseion(dedicated to Isis); serapeum(dedicated to Serapis); hecatompedon(a temple of 100 feet length or square); hof(Germanic pagan); see also Thesaurus:temple
Coordinate terms
(house of worship):shrine(smaller)
(exclusive Mormon house of worship):meeting house, church(non-exclusive)
Derived terms
Related terms
Templar
Translations
Verb
temple (third-person singular simple presenttemples, present participletempling, simple past and past participletempled)
(transitive) To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; to temple a god
Etymology 2
From Middle Englishtemple, from Old Frenchtemple, from Vulgar Latin*temp(u)la, from Latintempora(“the temples”), plural of tempus(“temple, head, face”). See temporal bone.
Noun
temple (pluraltemples)
(anatomy) The slightly flatter region, on either side of the human head, behind the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear.
(ophthalmology) Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.
Derived terms
Related terms
temporal
Translations
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Latintemplum(“a small timber, a purlin”); compare templet and template.
Noun
temple (pluraltemples)
(weaving) A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
Translations
Further reading
“temple”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
“temple”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
pelmet
Catalan
Etymology
From Latintemplum.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic)[ˈtem.plə]
IPA(key): (Valencian)[ˈtem.ple]
Noun
templem (pluraltemples)
temple(building)
Derived terms
templer
Further reading
“temple” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“temple”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“temple” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“temple” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old Frenchtemple, borrowed from Latintemplum, from Proto-Indo-European*t(e)mp-lo-s, from the root *temp-(“to stretch, string”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tɑ̃pl/
Noun
templem (pluraltemples)
temple(for worship)
hall
Derived terms
temple de la renommée
templier
Further reading
“temple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin*temp(u)la, from Latintempora, plural of tempus.
Noun
templeoblique singular, m (oblique pluraltemples, nominative singulartemples, nominative pluraltemple)
(anatomy)temple
Descendants
French: tempe
→ Middle English: temple
English: temple
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latintemplum.
Noun
templeoblique singular, m (oblique pluraltemples, nominative singulartemples, nominative pluraltemple)
temple (building where religious services take place)
Descendants
French: temple
→ Old Spanish: temple
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Old Occitantemple or Old Frenchtemple. Compare the inherited tiemplo and the learned form templo, all ultimately from Latintemplum.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈtemple/
Noun
templem (pluraltemples)
temple
Synonyms
templom, tiemplom
Romanian
Noun
temple
plural of templu
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈtemple/[ˈt̪ẽm.ple]
Rhymes: -emple
Syllabification: tem‧ple
Etymology 1
Deverbal from templar.
Noun
templem (pluraltemples)
mood; humour (of a person)
mettle; courage; spunk
tempering
temperature
(music) tuning
(bullfighting) a move of the cape before a charge
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
temple
inflection of templar:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
Further reading
“temple”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014