temples

/ˈtɛmpl̩z/ · noun

Meaning

A house of worship, especially:
A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members.
Any place regarded as holding a religious presence.
Any place seen as an important centre for some activity.
Anything regarded as important or minutely cared for.
A gesture wherein the forefingers are outstretched and touch pad to pad while the other fingers are clasped together.
To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; to temple a god
The slightly flatter region, on either side of the human head, behind of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear.
Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.
A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.

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