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Temple

proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue

A male given name from Latin.

proper noun

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    A male given name from Latin.

    The two known human AIDS viruses are evolving at a rapid rate equivalent to that of influenza viruses, said Dr. Temple F. Smith of Harvard's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, an author of a new report on the AIDS virus family tree.

    Temple Dickson, D-Sweetwater, in a broad attack against cigarette companies, said the bill was needed so that taxpayers will not be paying for diseases caused by cigarettes.

    Bud Abernathy was 10 years old and Temple Abernathy 6 when the brothers from Cross Roads, Okla., decided they wanted to take a trip to New York — by themselves, on horseback — to see ex-President Theodore Roosevelt.

    With evident pleasure Temple Hauptfleisch presents the variety of theatrical forms to be found in the 'new' South Africa: […] He distinguishes eight categories of forms on the theatrical menu in South Africa: […]

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    A female given name from Latin.

    Temple Hayes, 35, a minister with the Church of Religious Science of West Palm Beach, told the survivors that support and a positive attitude are important in fighting any type of disease. "In today's times, it is essential that people come together and support each other with like-minded experiences," she said.

    Dr. Temple Grandin, a university professor who has autism, has plenty of expertise and personal experience with autism, which gives her a unique perspective on the information available.

    […] including the 1925 silent film Peacock Feathers, based on the bestselling novel of the same name written by Temple Bailey (1885-1953).

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    A surname.

    Wildlife biologist Stanley Temple hypothesised that perhaps the dodo tree was dependent on its seeds passing through the digestive system of dodos in order to properly germinate and that the handful of individuals in the 1970s were the last remaining trees from seeds that passed through a dodo in the 1690s-1700s when they went extinct.

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    Places in the United Kingdom: A suburb of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5469).

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    Places in the United Kingdom: A village in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3158).

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    Places in the United Kingdom: A small village in Bisham parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8484).

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    Places in the United Kingdom: A small village in Blisland parish, on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1473).

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    Places in the United States: A city in Carroll County and Haralson County, Georgia.

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    Places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Indiana.

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    Places in the United States: A town in Franklin County, Maine.

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    Places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clare County, Michigan.

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    Places in the United States: A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.

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    Places in the United States: A ghost town in Williams County, North Dakota.

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    Places in the United States: A town in Cotton County, Oklahoma.

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    Places in the United States: A census-designated place in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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    Places in the United States: A city in Bell County, Texas, named after Bernard Moore Temple of the Santa Fe Railway.

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    A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

proper noun

  1. 1

    historicalAny of the former chief temples to YHWH in Jerusalem, particularly Solomon's Temple.

  2. 2

    Either of two of the Inns of Court in London (the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple), built on a site once occupied by the Knights Templar.

    Up to his five-and-twentieth year he had been industrious and steady, had kept his terms in the Temple, and studied late and early.

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