Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Supplied with a temple or temples, or with churches; inclosed in a temple.

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  • adjective having temples
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of temple.

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Examples

  • That we sing of loving 'thy rocks and rills, thy woods and templed hills' – although the word 'templed' savors of paganism and does not belong in a national hymn?

    Tish 1916

  • That we sing of loving 'thy rocks and rills, thy woods and templed hills' -- although the word 'templed' savors of paganism and does not belong in a national hymn?

    Tish Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

  • “And what is it that is yours, Ellie?” asked Papa in that same oily voice, sitting at the kitchen table with his elbows propped there and his hands templed under his chin.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • “And what is it that is yours, Ellie?” asked Papa in that same oily voice, sitting at the kitchen table with his elbows propped there and his hands templed under his chin.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • “And what is it that is yours, Ellie?” asked Papa in that same oily voice, sitting at the kitchen table with his elbows propped there and his hands templed under his chin.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • John was swarthy, grey-templed, paunchy, and adorable in the way only full-blooded Greek men can be.

    Chip's Bar 2010

  • “And what is it that is yours, Ellie?” asked Papa in that same oily voice, sitting at the kitchen table with his elbows propped there and his hands templed under his chin.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • The Brother who sat in the center seat templed his thin white fingers beneath his chin.

    Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

  • Director Stephen Herek ( "" 101 Dalmatians '') has made a kind of laughed-up "" Network, '' taking off on our consumerist, TV-templed society.

    Laughter And Tears 2008

  • She frowned, then templed her fingers and rested her chin on her fingertips.

    Skinned Robin Wasserman 2008

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