temple
noun
[ ˈtɛmp(ə)l ]
• a building devoted to the worship of a god or gods.
• a group of buildings in Fleet Street, London, which stand on land formerly occupied by the headquarters of the Knights Templar. Located there are the Inner and Outer Temple, two of the Inns of Court.
Origin:
Old English templ, tempel, reinforced in Middle English by Old French temple, both from Latin templum ‘open or consecrated space’.
temple
noun
• the flat part of either side of the head between the forehead and the ear.
• "a man with curly hair greying at the temples"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from an alteration of Latin tempora, plural of tempus ‘temple of the head’.
temple
noun
• a device in a loom for keeping the cloth stretched.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, perhaps ultimately the same word as temple2.
