Translation
temple (building)
Word origin
From Latin templum, originally a space marked out in the sky or on the ground for reading omens, later the sacred building itself. English temple comes straight from it, and contemplate ('to observe within a templum') shares the root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- templum
- English cognates
- temple, contemplate
Examples
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The old temple stands on the hill.
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People come to the temple to pray.
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The temple was built a thousand years ago.
covers temples in the broad sense: Greek, Roman, Hindu, Buddhist. A Christian church is a , a word the affix system builds for free (preĝi plus -ejo, a place for praying).
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