(n.) A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched
transversely.
(n.) The space, on either side of the head, back of the eye and
forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity;
as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in India.
(n.) The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of
Jehovah.
(n.) Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of
public worship; a church.
(n.) Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially
resides.
(v. t.) To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as,
to temple a god.
