as in church
a building for public worship and especially Christian worship
the largest temple in the Gothic style in the country
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Lebanon’s culture minister has warned that Israeli bombings threaten a Unesco World Heritage Site in the town of Baalbek, which houses two of the world’s largest and best-preserved Roman temples.
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The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024
Nights are spent at traditional ryokan bed-and-breakfasts or temple lodgings laid out with tatami mats.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
Members of the temple raised more than $300,000 for the project.
—Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
In 2012, a mass shooting by a white supremacist gunman at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killed seven.
—Niala Boodhoo, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
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The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024
Nights are spent at traditional ryokan bed-and-breakfasts or temple lodgings laid out with tatami mats.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
Members of the temple raised more than $300,000 for the project.
—Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
In 2012, a mass shooting by a white supremacist gunman at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killed seven.
—Niala Boodhoo, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Temple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temple. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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