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A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched
transversely. |
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The space, on either side of the head, back of the eye and
forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear. |
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One of the side bars of a pair of spectacles, jointed to
the bows, and passing one on either side of the head to hold the
spectacles in place. |
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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. |
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The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of
Jehovah. |
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Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of
public worship; a church. |
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Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially
resides. |
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To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as,
to temple a god. |