Temple
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Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛmpəl
Proper noun edit
Temple
- A male given name from Latin.
- 1988 June 9, Harold M. Schmeck Jr., “Family Tree of AIDS Viruses Is Viewed as 37 to 80 Years Old”, in The New York Times:
- The two known human AIDS viruses are evolving at a rapid rate equivalent to that of influenza viruses, said Dr. Temple F. Smith of Harvard's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, an author of a new report on the AIDS virus family tree.
- 1992 July 11, “Sweetwater senator wants tobacco industry to pay”, in The Victoria Advocate:
- Temple Dickson, D-Sweetwater, in a broad attack against cigarette companies, said the bill was needed so that taxpayers will not be paying for diseases caused by cigarettes.
- 2002 March, Tom Fleming, “A Wild Ride”, in Boys' Life:
- Bud Abernathy was 10 years old and Temple Abernathy 6 when the brothers from Cross Roads, Okla., decided they wanted to take a trip to New York — by themselves, on horseback — to see ex-President Theodore Roosevelt.
- 2003, Joost Smiers, Arts Under Pressure: Protecting Cultural Diversity in the Age of Globalisation, Zed Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 94:
- With evident pleasure Temple Hauptfleisch presents the variety of theatrical forms to be found in the 'new' South Africa: […] He distinguishes eight categories of forms on the theatrical menu in South Africa: […]
- 2011, Barbara J. Becker, Unravelling Starlight: William and Margaret Huggins and the Rise of the New Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, published 2011, →ISBN, page 91:
- In the 1840s, astronomer Temple Chevallier (1794-1873) experimented with placing a small metal disc in the focus of his telescope's eyepiece to produce an artificial eclipse that would make the protuberances visible on any clear day.
- A female given name from Latin.
- 1994, Tracy Bertman, "Cancer survivors celebrate life, dreams, The News, 6 June 1994:
- Temple Hayes, 35, a minister with the Church of Religious Science of West Palm Beach, told the survivors that support and a positive attitude are important in fighting any type of disease.
- "In today's times, it is essential that people come together and support each other with like-minded experiences," she said.
- 2006, Stephen M. Shore, Linda G. Rastelli, Understanding Autism for Dummies, Wiley Publishing, Inc., published 2006, →ISBN, page 346:
- Dr. Temple Grandin, a university professor who has autism, has plenty of expertise and personal experience with autism, which gives her a unique perspective on the information available.
- 2007, Kathryn Morris, Debora Richey, & Cathy Thomas, Fullerton, Arcadia Publishing (2007), →ISBN, page 6 (image caption):
- […] including the 1925 silent film Peacock Feathers, based on the bestselling novel of the same name written by Temple Bailey (1885-1953).
- 1994, Tracy Bertman, "Cancer survivors celebrate life, dreams, The News, 6 June 1994:
- A surname.
- Places in the United Kingdom:
- A suburb of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5469).
- A village in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3158).
- A small village in Bisham parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8484). [1]
- A village on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1473).
- Places in the United States:
- A city in Carroll County and Haralson County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Indiana.
- A town in Franklin County, Maine.
- An unincorporated community in Clare County, Michigan.
- A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
- A ghost town in Williams County, North Dakota.
- A town in Cotton County, Oklahoma.
- A census-designated place in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
- A city in Bell County, Texas, named after Bernard Moore Temple of the Santa Fe Railway.
- A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Proper noun edit
the Temple
- (Judaism, Christianity, historical) Any of the former chief temples to YHWH in Jerusalem, particularly Solomon's Temple.
- Either of two of the Inns of Court in London (the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple), built on a site once occupied by the Knights Templar.
- 1860, Ellen Wood, East Lynne, Penguin, published 2005, page 5:
- Up to his five-and-twentieth year he had been industrious and steady, had kept his terms in the Temple, and studied late and early.
Translations edit
the chief temple to YHWH in Jerusalem