Synonyms for temple
Definitions
- n. 1
A house of worship, especially: A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith.
The temple of Zeus was very large.
- n. 2
A house of worship, especially: Synonym of synagogue, especially a non-Orthodox synagogue.
How often do you go to temple?
- n. 3
A house of worship, especially: As opposed to an LDS meetinghouse, a church closed to non-Mormons and necessary for particular rituals.
Related words
- Word family
- temporal
- Phrases
- ancestral temple fire temple lineage temple temple dancer temple garment temple girl temple name temple orange
- Is a kind of
- building
Forms
- Plural
- temples → synagogues, tabernacles, shrines, churches…
Example sentences
- synagogue The synagogue was built in the fifteenth century.
- tabernacle The tabernacle was the predecessor of the Temple.
- shrine The thin man took a rest in the shade of a shrine.
- template I still don't know how to create a MediaWiki template.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| temple | rising | |
| synagogue | rising | |
| tabernacle | rising | |
| shrine | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fane1
- 6 letters
- church1, chapel2, mosque1, shrine1, pagoda3
- 7 letters
- synagog
- 8 letters
- template2
- 9 letters
- sanctuary4, synagogue3
- 10 letters
- tabernacle4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (chapel2 = 2 syllables).