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Temples

LC control no.sh 85133743
LC classificationGR505 Folklore
GT485 Manners and customs
NA4610 NA4641 Architecture
Topical headingTemples
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See alsoReligious architecture
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Religious institutions
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Found inMerriam-Webster dictionary online, Dec. 20, 2022 (temple 1 : a building for religious practice: such as a) often capitalized : either of two successive national sanctuaries in ancient Jerusalem; b) a building for Mormon sacred ordinances; c) the house of worship of Reform and some Conservative Jewish congregations. 2. a local lodge of any of various fraternal orders; also : the building housing it)
Cambridge dictionary online, Dec. 20, 2022 (temple (building): a building used for the worship of a god or gods in some religions; a building used for religious worship)