Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TEM'PLE
TEM'PLE, n.2 [L. tempus, tempora. The primary sense of the root of this word is to fall. See Time.]
- Literally, the fall of the head; the part where the head slopes from the top.
- In anatomy, the anterior and lateral part of the head, where the skull is covered by the temporal muscles. Cyc.
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