Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Temple (-s)
temple (-s), n. [OE.]
- Place of religious worship; House of the Lord in Jerusalem (see Mark 11:11; John 10:23).
- Body; tabernacle of flesh; [fig.] person; personage of divine holiness; human being with intrinsic worth.
- Human body.
- Dome; shrine; elevated structure; [fig.] sky; heaven.
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