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A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity; as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in India. "The temple of mighty Mars." Chaucer.

Supplied with a temple or temples, or with churches; inclosed in a temple. I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills. S. F. Smith.

used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's templet.

The portico, or narthex in an ancient temple or church.

A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step.

The act of adjudging; judicial decision; adjudication. Sir W. Temple.

The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.

ff following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off. The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar. Beattie.

; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council. What agreement hath the temple of God with idols 2 Cor. vi. 16. Expansion and duration have this further agreement. Locke.

tly to be met with in old books, used without the all. Thus Wyclif says, "The vail of the temple was to rent:" and of Judas, "He was hanged and to-burst the middle:" i. e., burst in two, or asunder. -- All along. See under Along. -- All and some, individually and collectively, one and all. [Obs.] "Displeased all and…

To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy. By ambushed men behind their temple Dryden.

An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.

experiment, setting the moxa where . . . the greatest anger and soreness still continued. Temple.

To distress with extreme pain or grief. [R.] Temple.

oun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the antecedent of who.

the age of manhood. He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer. Temple.

Approbation; sanction. A censor . . . without whose approval nTemple.

ines and peaches . . . were apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit. Temple. This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant. Lubbock.

Powerful in arms; mighty in battle. The temple stood of Mars armipotent. Dryden.

Ascent; height; elevation. [R.] Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant. Temple.