temple

Roget-categorie 1000

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.5. Religious affections
›› 6.5.5. Religious institutions

#1000. Temple

zelfstandig naamwoord

place of worship — house of God, house of prayer.
temple, cathedral, minster^†, church, kirk, chapel, meetinghouse, bethel^†, tabernacle, conventicle, basilica, fane^†, holy place, chantry^†, oratory.
synagogue — mosque — marabout^† — pantheon — pagoda — joss house^† — dogobah^†, tope — kiosk — kiack^†, masjid^†.
[clergymen's residence] parsonage, rectory, vicarage, manse, deanery, glebe — Vatican — bishop's palace — Lambeth.
altar, shrine, sanctuary, Holy of Holies, sanctum sanctorum [Lat.], sacristy — sacrarium^† — communion table, holy table, Lord's table — table of the Lord — pyx — baptistery, font — piscina^†, stoup — aumbry^† — sedile^† — reredos — rood loft, rood screen.
[parts of a church: list] chancel, quire, choir, nave, aisle, transept, vestry, crypt, golgotha, calvary, Easter sepulcher — stall, pew — pulpit, ambo^†, lectern, reading desk, confessional, prothesis^†, credence, baldachin, baldacchino^† — apse, belfry — chapter house — presbytery — anxious-bench, anxious-seat — diaconicum [Lat.], jube^† — mourner's bench, mourner's seat.
[exterior adjacent to a church] cloisters, churchyard.
monastery, priory, abbey, friary, convent, nunnery, cloister.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

claustral, cloistered — monastic, monasterial — conventual.

uitdrukking

ne vile fano [It] — there's nothing ill can dwell in such a there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple" [Tempest].

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