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Meaning:
Noun:
- A building for worship.
- anatomy The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.
- ''(French)'', Sometimes used to describe a protestant church in French-speaking nations.
- obsolete a body
- capitalized The Jewish temple of Jerusalem, first built by Solomon.
- One of the two side pieces of an eyeglasses that crosses the temple and rests upon 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.
- Something of importance; something attended to.
- Something regarded as holding religious presence.
Source: Wiktionary
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