Thesaurus:temple

Thesaurus

temple

English

Noun

Sense: building for worship

Synonyms

• fane
• house of worship
• temple
• shrine

Hypernyms

• building    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• basilica
• cathedral
• chapel
• church    [⇒ thesaurus]
• gurdwara
• masjid
• mosque
• synagogue
• ziggurat

Meronyms

• altar
• Holy Book
• Holy of Holies
• minbar
• pulpit
• sanctum sanctorum

Instances

• Angkor Wat
• Capitol
• Temple in Jerusalem
• Parthenon
• Hekatompedon
• Tabernacle

See also

• Category:en:Places of worship

Further reading

• “1000. temple” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “temple” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• "temple" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
• W:Place of worship