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semple
English
Adjective
semple (comparative more semple, superlative most semple)
- simple; low-born; of mean birth.
- 1881: The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, Volume 4
- "...he interprisit the ane new fassioun of delay, that, gif ony semple man had interprisit like, it had bene to the dangear and hasard of his lyff..."
- 1881: The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, Volume 4
Antonyms
- gentle
References
- Ogilvie, John. The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological. Blackie & Son. (1884).
French
Noun
semple m (plural semples)
- A type of transfer used in weaving looms
Middle English
Adjective
semple
- Alternative form of symple
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temple
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: t?m'p(?)l, IPA(key): /?t?mp(?)l/
- Rhymes: -?mp?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English temple, from Old English templ, tempel, borrowed from Latin templum (“shrine, temple, area for auspices”). Compare Old High German tempal (“temple”), also a borrowing from the Latin.
Noun
temple (plural temples)
- A house of worship, especially:
- A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith.
- The temple of Zeus was very large.
- (Judaism) Synonym of synagogue, especially a non-Orthodox synagogue.
- How often do you go to temple?
- (Mormonism) A church closed to non-Mormons and necessary for particular rituals.
- (in Japan) A Buddhist house of worship, as opposed to a Shinto shrine.
- A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith.
- A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members.
- (figuratively) Any place regarded as holding a religious presence.
- (figuratively) Any place seen as an important centre for some activity.
- a temple of commerce, a temple of drinking and dining
- (figuratively) Anything regarded as important or minutely cared for.
- My body is my temple.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 1, scene 3, lines 11–14:
- For nature crescent does not grow alone
- In thews and bulks, but as this temple waxes,
- The inward service of the mind and soul
- Grows wide withal.
- (figuratively) 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); 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)
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 present temples, present participle templing, simple past and past participle templed)
- (transitive) To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; to temple a god
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Feltham to this entry?)
Etymology 2
From Middle English temple, from Old French temple, from Vulgar Latin *temp(u)la, from Latin tempora (“the temples”), plural of tempus (“temple, head, face”). See temporal bone.
Noun
temple (plural temples)
- (anatomy) 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.
- (ophthalmology) Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.
Related terms
- temporal
Translations
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Latin templum (“a small timber, a purlin”); compare templet and template.
Noun
temple (plural temples)
- (weaving) A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
Translations
Further reading
- temple in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- temple in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- pelmet
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin templum.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?tem.pl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?tem.ple/
Noun
temple m (plural temples)
- 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.
- “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
From Old French temple, borrowed from Latin templum, from Proto-Indo-European *t(e)mp-lo-s, from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??pl/
Noun
temple m (plural temples)
- temple (for worship)
- hall
Derived terms
- temple de la renommée
- templier
Further reading
- “temple” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *temp(u)la, from Latin tempora, plural of tempus.
Noun
temple m (oblique plural temples, nominative singular temples, nominative plural temple)
- (anatomy) temple
Descendants
- French: tempe
- ? Middle English: temple
- English: temple
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin templum.
Noun
temple m (oblique plural temples, nominative singular temples, nominative plural temple)
- temple (building where religious services take place)
Descendants
- French: temple
- ? Old Spanish: temple
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Old Occitan temple or Old French temple. Compare the inherited tiemplo and the learned form templo, all ultimately from Latin templum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?m.ple]
Noun
temple m (plural temples)
- temple
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 53v.
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 53v.
Synonyms
- templo m, tiemplo m
Spanish
Etymology
Regressively derived from the verb templar.
Noun
temple m (plural temples)
- mood; humour (of a person)
- mettle; courage; spunk
- tempering
- temperature
- (music) tuning
- (bullfighting) a move of the cape before a charge
Verb
temple
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of templar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of templar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of templar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of templar.
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