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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Recent Examples of temple
Jews revere the site as the Temple Mount, where the biblical temples once stood and the holiest site in Judaism.
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Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Indian food has always lived in homes, temples, and community kitchens.
—Vikas Khanna, Time, 13 May 2026
After he was hit in the left temple, Sykes, 39, could be seen crouching down on the stage.
—Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Images of the shelter slipped the Russian choke hold to appear on the world’s screens—intact and unbowed amid the rubble, like a temple time-transported from some more ancient siege, the faces of those within drained but resolute.
—James Verini, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
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Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Indian food has always lived in homes, temples, and community kitchens.
—Vikas Khanna, Time, 13 May 2026
After he was hit in the left temple, Sykes, 39, could be seen crouching down on the stage.
—Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Images of the shelter slipped the Russian choke hold to appear on the world’s screens—intact and unbowed amid the rubble, like a temple time-transported from some more ancient siege, the faces of those within drained but resolute.
—James Verini, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temple
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The original church is no longer standing, but archaeologists have teamed with members of the current congregation to ensure their history is properly preserved.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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PragueReuters — An unknown thief snatched an 800-year-old skull believed to be of Saint Zdislava of Lemberk from a display box in a church in the northern Czech Republic and ran away with the relic, police said on Wednesday.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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Danluck traveled to that cathedral, set up lights in the ruins, and built a scene around him — not to recreate the battle, but to recreate the feeling.—
Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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This, of course, was Pussy Riot, the performance artists and anti–Vladimir Putin activists who, since 2012, have disrupted a World Cup final, a Winter Olympics, and—most famous and at great cost—a Russian Orthodox cathedral in Moscow.—
Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
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Hundreds of miles downriver from the Big Bend, in the Rio Grande Valley, wall construction has been proceeding at a rapid pace, threatening areas—a historic chapel, a wildlife refuge, a state park, the National Butterfly Center—that had previously been protected by Congress.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Last year, D’Aniello funded the construction and renovation of a chapel at his alma mater, Syracuse University, with a painting dedicated to his mom.—
Gigi Zamora,
Forbes.com,
10 May 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 21 May. 2026.
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