temple

Roget category 1000

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.5. Religious affections
›› 6.5.5. Religious institutions

#1000. Temple

noun

place of worship — house of God, house of prayer.
temple, cathedral, minster^†, church, kirk, chapel, meetinghouse, bethel^†, tabernacle, conventicle, basilica, fane^†, holy place, chantry^†, oratory.
synagogue — mosque — marabout^† — pantheon — pagoda — joss house^† — dogobah^†, tope — kiosk — kiack^†, masjid^†.
[clergymen's residence] parsonage, rectory, vicarage, manse, deanery, glebe — Vatican — bishop's palace — Lambeth.
altar, shrine, sanctuary, Holy of Holies, sanctum sanctorum [Lat.], sacristy — sacrarium^† — communion table, holy table, Lord's table — table of the Lord — pyx — baptistery, font — piscina^†, stoup — aumbry^† — sedile^† — reredos — rood loft, rood screen.
[parts of a church: list] chancel, quire, choir, nave, aisle, transept, vestry, crypt, golgotha, calvary, Easter sepulcher — stall, pew — pulpit, ambo^†, lectern, reading desk, confessional, prothesis^†, credence, baldachin, baldacchino^† — apse, belfry — chapter house — presbytery — anxious-bench, anxious-seat — diaconicum [Lat.], jube^† — mourner's bench, mourner's seat.
[exterior adjacent to a church] cloisters, churchyard.
monastery, priory, abbey, friary, convent, nunnery, cloister.

adjective

claustral, cloistered — monastic, monasterial — conventual.

phrase

ne vile fano [It] — there's nothing ill can dwell in such a there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple" [Tempest].

The content on this page comes straight from Project Gutenberg Etext of Roget's Thesaurus No. Two, which consists of the acclaimed work by Peter Mark Roget augmented with more recent material. Some changes were made to the formatting for improved readability.

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