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a building for public worship and especially Christian worship
the largest temple in the Gothic style in the country
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Recent Examples of temple
The front could be mistaken for a courthouse or temple, with rectangular columns holding up a triangular pediment, all of which marked the entrance to what was once called Eagles Hall.
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Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
And the view of those hoop earrings wasn't the least bit obscured thanks to a ponytail so tight, Hathaway's temples were basically defying gravity.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 17 Apr. 2025
Folk cures don’t work; false accusations fly; temples disappoint; so do people.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Huckabee said President Trump instructed him to insert a prayer written by the president into the wall - the last remaining part of a Jewish temple destroyed by the Romans almost 2,000 years ago.
—Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 18 Apr. 2025
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Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
And the view of those hoop earrings wasn't the least bit obscured thanks to a ponytail so tight, Hathaway's temples were basically defying gravity.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 17 Apr. 2025
Folk cures don’t work; false accusations fly; temples disappoint; so do people.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Huckabee said President Trump instructed him to insert a prayer written by the president into the wall - the last remaining part of a Jewish temple destroyed by the Romans almost 2,000 years ago.
—Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temple
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The liberal justices on the court sought to defend the country’s separation between church and state, which has previously not allowed public funding for religious charter schools.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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In 1840, the church opened the first of an eventual fifteen liberal arts colleges, all free-thinking, abolitionist, and dedicated to educating men and women on an equal basis.—
Richard D. Mahoney,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Apr. 2025
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Francis and Fernández de Kirchner were unfriendly neighbors in Plaza de Mayo, the central square that hosts both the government headquarters and the cathedral where Francis delivered homilies during much of her presidency from 2007 to 2015.—
Almudena Calatrava and Isabel Debre,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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The collection also pays tribute to late French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, with a commemorative concert marking the 100th anniversary of his birth, and also features the first live concert at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral following its reopening last year.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2025
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Farrell is also expected to lead a procession transporting the pope's body from the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta to St. Peter's Basilica.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2025
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The Vatican announced that the pope's body would be placed in a coffin on Monday evening, with Cardinal Kevin Farrell presiding over the rite in the chapel of Casa Santa Marta.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
21 Apr. 2025
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Miller also noted that the original tabernacle of the church survived, along with 17th-century lead coffins that visitors can view under a glass floor.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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The Blessed Sacrament Chapel’s tabernacle is supported by three legs, symbolizing the Holy Trinity.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Temple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temple. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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