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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.

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