Middle Temple

Middle Temple
Temple Tem"ple, n. [AS. tempel, from L. templum a space marked out, sanctuary, temple; cf. Gr. ? a piece of land marked off, land dedicated to a god: cf. F. t['e]mple, from the Latin. Cf. {Contemplate}.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster]

2. (Jewish Antiq.) The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah. [1913 Webster]

Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. --John x. 23. [1913 Webster]

3. Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church. [1913 Webster]

Can he whose life is a perpetual insult to the authority of God enter with any pleasure a temple consecrated to devotion and sanctified by prayer? --Buckminster. [1913 Webster]

4. Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially resides. ``The temple of his body.'' --John ii. 21. [1913 Webster]

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you? --1 Cor. iii. 16. [1913 Webster]

The groves were God's first temples. --Bryant. [1913 Webster]

5. (Mormon Ch.) A building dedicated to the administration of ordinances. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

6. A local organization of Odd Fellows. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{Inner Temple}, and {Middle Temple}, two buildings, or ranges of buildings, occupied by two inns of court in London, on the site of a monastic establishment of the Knights Templars, called the Temple. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Middle Temple Hall —    On the west side of Middle Temple Lane, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory). Great Hall new built 1572 (S. 404).    One of the largest and most magnificent in England (Strype. ed. 1755, I. 751).    Contains beautiful carved oak screen …   Dictionary of London

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