TEMPLE (building)
NOUNS
► ADYTUM the innermost part of a temple; the secret shrine whence oracles were delivered; hence, a private or inner chamber; a sanctum → 1673
► FANACLE a small temple, shrine → 1594 obs.
► FANE a temple → a1400 obs.
► HALL a large place covered by a roof; in early times applied to any spacious roofed place, without or with subordinate chambers attached; a temple, a palace, a court, a royal residence → a1175 obs.
► JOSS HOUSE a Chinese temple → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PAGOD an idol temple → 1582 arch.
► PAGODY a temple or sacred building in India, China, etc. → 1588 obs.
► PHANE a temple → a1400 obs.
► SAMMY-HOUSE an idol temple or pagoda → 1892 Anglo-Indian sl. (Bk.)
► SANCTUARIUM a building set apart for the worship of God or one or more divinities; a Christian church, Jewish temple, and Mosaic tabernacle, a heathen temple or site of local worship → 1796
► WAT a Thai Buddhist temple → 1871
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