Synonyms for temple
ˈtɛm pəltem·ple

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1. templenoun

   place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity

   Synonyms:
   tabernacle, synagogue

2. templenoun

   the flat area on either side of the forehead

   "the veins in his temple throbbed"

   Synonyms:
   tabernacle, synagogue

3. templenoun

   an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes

   Synonyms:
   tabernacle, synagogue

4. synagogue, temple, tabernaclenoun

   (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation

   Synonyms:
   tabernacle, synagogue

Matched Categories

1. • Judaism
   • Building
   • Feature
   • Place Of Worship

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1. fane

   middle english from latin fanum

   Submitted by JP03 on October 26, 2014  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. templenoun

   Synonyms:
   FANE

2. templenoun

   Synonyms:
   church, house of worship, house of god, meeting-house

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1. templenoun

   Synonyms:
   fane, church, sanctuary, tabernacle, teocalli, pagoda, mosque, hieron, marai

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1. List of paraphrases for "temple":

   temples, miu, synagogue, hall, monastery, palace, shrine, templar

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1. Leslie Wagner-Wilson:

   This was the late ‘60s, during the love and peace movement, a lot of drugs, which my sister Michelle became involved in. Acid, LSD… My mother was told by a friend about an organization, Peoples Temple, that had a great drug rehab program. That’s how we got involved.

2. AIR:

   Is God in a Temple? Is God in a Church? Is God in a Mosque? Continue your Search When you get to the RootYou will Realize the Truth!

3. Kahlil Gibran:

   I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.

4. I. F. Stone:

   The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.

5. Dallas County judge:

   That means if your child's in a car wreck, if your child has a congenital heart defect or something and needs an ICU bed, or more likely if they have Covid and need an ICU bed, we don't have one. Your child will wait for another child to die, your child will just not get on the ventilator, your child will be CareFlighted to Temple or Oklahoma City or wherever we can find them a bed, but they won't be getting one here unless one clears.