How do you use the word "temple" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "temple" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "temple": Speaking of Kyoto, have you ever visited the Kinkakuji Temple? And he chased the cattle, the sheep, and the people out of the temple.

Temple Meaning

/ˈtɛm.pl̩/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA house of worship, especially:

nounA house of worship, especially:, A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith.

Sentence Examples

Speaking of Kyoto, have you ever visited the Kinkakuji Temple?

And he chased the cattle, the sheep, and the people out of the temple.

The Temple of Diana at Ephesus

CEFR Practice Quiz

The ancient ____ was built on a hill and used for prayer and rituals.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The ancient stone ____ was located at the top of the high hill and provided a wonderful view of the surrounding valley today.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English temple, from Old English templ, tempel, borrowed from Latin templum (“shrine, temple, area for auspices”). Compare Old High German tempal (“temple”), also a borrowing from the Latin.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"As of October 1968 Lukang, which had a resident population of between 27,000 and 28,000 people, had 39 temples. It is my impression that Lukang has more temples than do most Taiwanese communities of equivalent size. By temple I mean a structure that houses an image, altar, and incense pot, and is freely accessible to the general public. In speaking of the 39 temples of Lukang, I am omitting the numerous small shrines to the unknown dead (Yu Ying Kung), buildings dedicated to ancestors rather than deities (two), Christian churches (four), incense-burner associations that keep their incense pot or image in private homes, and private shrines such as the domestic altars of tang-ki (spirit mediums) or the shrine of the now defunct Ch'üan-chou guild, found in the back room of a drugstore endowed with the guild property.[...]Lukang, seen in comparative perspective, has a lot of temples." — 1974, Donald R. DeGlopper, “Religion and Ritual in Lukang”, in Arthur P. Wolf, editor, Religion and Ritual in Chinese Society (Studies in Chinese Society), Stanford: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 46:

"For nature crescent does not grow alone In thews and bulks, but as this temple waxes, The inward service of the mind and soul Grows wide withal." — c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], lines 11–14:

"Again Abdullah listened intently, his eyes closed, his ten fingers forming a temple of his hands in front of him." — 2010, James LePore, A World I Never Made, page 251:

"though the Heathen (in many places) Templed and adored this drunken God" — 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:

"Then Iael Hebers wife, tooke a naile of the tent, and tooke an hammer in her hand, and went softly vnto him, and smote the naile into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: (for he was fast asleepe, and weary;) so he died." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 4:21:

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