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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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Shi was also alleged to have committed criminal offenses and violated Buddhist precepts by maintaining relationships with multiple women over a long period and fathering at least one child, according to a notice from the temple’s authority on its WeChat account at that time.
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Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Subsequent scans would reveal a one-inch indentation to her left temple and brain swelling.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
The Hyakumanben Handicraft Market is held on the 15th of each month in the garden of Kyoto’s Chionji temple.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
In Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana, jogti hijras, jogins, or jogappas are trans women who devote themselves in temples as special servants to the goddess Yellamma.
—Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Subsequent scans would reveal a one-inch indentation to her left temple and brain swelling.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
The Hyakumanben Handicraft Market is held on the 15th of each month in the garden of Kyoto’s Chionji temple.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
In Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana, jogti hijras, jogins, or jogappas are trans women who devote themselves in temples as special servants to the goddess Yellamma.
—Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temple
Noun
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There are beautiful walks and cycle rides and pretty Champenois villages in every direction, including Hautvillers, with the little church where Dom Pérignon is buried.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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There’s one in white marble in Square Samuel Rousseau opposite Saint Clotilde church, wings protectively covering the composer César Franck.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Set the scene This red-brick Palladian pile is right at the foot of the looming Rock of Cashel, one of Ireland’s most famous historic sites, with its Romanesque chapel, roofless cathedral and pencil-shaped round tower.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Highlights include the Gothic cathedral and the Alcázar, with its Mudéjar palaces and gardens.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Set the scene This red-brick Palladian pile is right at the foot of the looming Rock of Cashel, one of Ireland’s most famous historic sites, with its Romanesque chapel, roofless cathedral and pencil-shaped round tower.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Culpo and McCaffrey married in June 2024 in a chapel in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, with the model wearing a Dolce & Gabbana gown, before celebrating at the historic Ocean House.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
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In the corner of one of Amsterdam's most elegant 17th-century canal houses, a cheetah leaps from an antique tabernacle.—
Karen Burshtein,
Time,
12 Mar. 2026
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Vandals broke into a Catholic school in Long Beach overnight Monday, stealing church items, damaging statues and tossing the tabernacle to the ground, according to police and school officials.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Temple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temple. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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