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Etymology

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temple +‎ -ful

Noun

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templeful (plural templefuls or templesful)

  1. As many as a temple will hold.
    • 1887 January, A.E. Waffle, “The Christian Solution of the Labor Problem”, in The Baptist Quarterly Review, volume 9, number 1, page 32:
      Jesus could drive before Him a whole templeful of moneychangers with only a small whip of rushes.