1a. A building dedicated to religious ceremonies or worship. b.Temple Either of two successive buildings in ancient Jerusalem serving as the primary center for Jewish worship. c.Judaism A synagogue, especially of a Reform congregation. d.Mormon Church A building in which the sacred ordinances are administered. 2. Something regarded as having within it a divine presence. 3. A building used for meetings by any of several fraternal orders, especially the Knights Templars. 4. A building reserved for a highly valued function: the library, a temple of learning.5.Temple Either of two groups of buildings in London, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple, that house two of the four Inns of Court and that occupy the site of the medieval Knights Templars establishment.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English tempel, from Latin templum. See tem- in Appendix I.
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