Temple

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

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

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• Buddhism (Shaolin)
• Temple at Uppsala
• Temple (Greek)
• Temple in Jerusalem
• Temple (Mormonism)
• Temple (Roman)

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

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• a Christian temple is called a chapel, or a church, among others.
• In Western Christianity, some temples are cathedrals.
• In Orthodox Christianity, a temple is church with base shaped like Greek cross; see orthodox temple.
• Protestant denominations installed in France in the early modern era use the word "temple" (as opposed to "church", supposed to be Roman Catholic); some more recently installed Christian denominations use "church".
• a Jain temple is called a derasar
• a Hindu temple is variously called (in different languages) a mandir (Hindi), a kovil (Tamil), an gudi/devalayam/kovela/ in (Telugu) etc.
• an Islamic temple is called a mosque (masjid in Arabic)
• in Judaism, the temple refers to the Beit HaMikdash, meaning house of the Temple. Some synagogues, especially Reform synagogues, are called temples, but traditional Judaism considers this inappropriate as a synagogue is not a replacement for the Temple in Jerusalem.
• a Sikh temple is called a gurdwara
• a Zoroastrian temple is called a fire temple.

A Hindu and Buddhist temple in Cambodia and Thailand is known as a wat.

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Freemasonry also uses the term temple for some of its meeting-places.

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