Temple : Temples

The word temple has different meanings in the fields of architecture, religion, geography, anatomy, and education.

Religion

A temple is a structure reserved for religious worship or sacrifice. Some religions use this generic term:

• Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Shaolin
• Temple in Jerusalem

Some religions refer to their temples by a unique word of their own:

• Christian temples are called churches and cathedrals,
• a Hindu temple is called a mandir,
• an Islamic temple is called a mosque (masjid in Arabic).

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Architecture

In various historical periods, specific architectural styles were maintained strictly for major religious structures. These temple structures, along with military and palace structures, have often been the main surviving studied examples of certain kinds of architecture. In particular, Greek and Roman temple architecture has been a major influence in Western public architecture. See list of ancient temple structures.

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Geography

A major mountain in Alberta and a major part of the scenery near Lake Louise. Mount Temple[?] was the first mountain over 11,000 feet in Alberta to be climbed, in 1894.

http://www.summitpost.com/mountains/mountain_link.pl/mountain_id/265

Temple is also the name of some places in the United States of America:

• Temple, Georgia
• Temple, New Hampshire
• Temple, Texas

and part of the name of:

• Temple City, California
• Temple Hills, Maryland

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Anatomy

The temple is the side of the head behind the eyes. Cladists[?] classify land vertebrates based on the presence of an upper hole, a lower hole, both, or neither in the temple. Those with no holes are called Anapsida.

The adjective meaning "pertaining to the temple" is "temporal", not to be confused with "temporal" meaning "pertaining to time". The muscle whose origin is the temple and whose insertion is the jaw is called "temporalis".

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Education

Temple University is an institution of higher learning in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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