temple
part of speech
noun (a temple, temples)
meaning for a pupil
1) A temple is a building where people go to pray and worship in some religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Judaism, and in ancient religions. tree →
2) Your temple is the flat part on each side of your head, between your eye and your ear. tree →
sense in the lessons
In religious education and history lessons, pupils learn about Hindu temples (mandirs), Buddhist temples, Sikh gurdwaras, Jewish temples and synagogues, and ancient Greek, Roman and Egyptian temples to their gods. In health and first aid, the temple is a soft area of the head that must be protected, which is one reason we wear helmets.
examples
- We visited a Hindu temple on our school trip. tree →
- The ancient Greeks built temples to their gods. tree →
- Take off your shoes before entering the temple. tree →
- The Buddhist temple had a golden statue. tree →
- He rubbed his temples because he had a headache. tree →
- Your temple is a delicate part of your head. tree →
- The ruins of the old temple stood on the hill. tree →
- Her principal temples were at Argos and Samos. tree →
note
Countable noun: «a temple, temples». The two meanings (building and side of the head) are spelled the same. Different religions use different names: church, mosque, synagogue, mandir, gurdwara — not every place of worship is called a temple.
In the corpora
- Each city had a ziggurat, a huge stepped tower of mud brick with a temple on top for the city's god.
- Ramesses II ruled for 66 years, built huge temples such as Abu Simbel and had more than a hundred children.
- The forum was the centre of a Roman town, with markets, temples, law courts and speeches.
- After being found in the Temple, Jesus went home to Nazareth and obeyed his parents.
- Jesus overturned the traders' tables in the Temple, saying, «My house shall be a house of prayer».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «temple» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.