a contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.-the space, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.-one of the side bars of a pair of spectacles, jointed to the bows, and passing one on either side of the head to hold the spectacles in place.-a place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity; as, the temple of jupiter at athens, or of juggernaut in india.-the edifice erected at jerusalem for the worship of jehovah.-hence, among christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church.-fig.: any place in which the divine presence specially resides.-to build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god.