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- noun Plural form of
temple .
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Examples
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Convened via Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr posts, on Thursday evening about 20 people made their way from the Museum of Modern Art to the New Museum of Contemporary Art to a downtown gallery, protesting what they say is the conflation of art and commerce, the snobbery of the art market, and high ticket prices at museums, which they called the "temples of the cultural elite."
NYT > Home Page By MELENA RYZIK 2011
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The first group is what I called the temples, as if the stock market were some kind of religion.
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"Women were not even allowed to worship in temples, let alone pursue the same spiritual path of men," said Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, senior lecturer and director of the Emory-Tibet Partnership.
April L. Bogle: Her Holiness: Is the Time Right for a Female Dalai Lama? April L. Bogle 2010
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They were large, complicated devices used in temples to fool worshippers into believing they had witnessed a miracle.
North on Adaptation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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It talks about how mothers create shrines at home or in temples with small statues or dolls to represent their aborted child.
Abortion Means Never Having To Say You’re Sorry | Her Bad Mother 2009
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"Women were not even allowed to worship in temples, let alone pursue the same spiritual path of men," said Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, senior lecturer and director of the Emory-Tibet Partnership.
April L. Bogle: Her Holiness: Is the Time Right for a Female Dalai Lama? April L. Bogle 2010
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Tantric-like techniques were taught in Greek temples of Venus by Her harlot-priestesses, the venerii.
Donna Henes: On Valentines And Vulvas Donna Henes 2011
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"Women were not even allowed to worship in temples, let alone pursue the same spiritual path of men," said Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, senior lecturer and director of the Emory-Tibet Partnership.
April L. Bogle: Her Holiness: Is the Time Right for a Female Dalai Lama? April L. Bogle 2010
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Tantric-like techniques were taught in Greek temples of Venus by Her harlot-priestesses, the venerii.
Donna Henes: On Valentines And Vulvas Donna Henes 2011
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"Women were not even allowed to worship in temples, let alone pursue the same spiritual path of men," said Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, senior lecturer and director of the Emory-Tibet Partnership.
April L. Bogle: Her Holiness: Is the Time Right for a Female Dalai Lama? April L. Bogle 2010
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