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noun building used for worship ADJ. great the great temples of Egypt | ancient, classical | sacred | ruined | Buddhist, Hindu, etc. | heathen, pagan TEMPLE + NOUN priest PREP. in a/the ~ They went to pray in the temple. part of the head ADJ. left, right | throbbing PREP. at sb's/the ~ s He's greying at the temples. | in sb's ~ s There was a throbbing in her temples.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary