Buildings housing places devoted to the worship of a deity or deities. In the strictest sense, it refers to the dwelling place of a deity, and thus often houses a cult image. In modern usage a temple is generally a structure, but it was originally derived from the Latin "templum" and historically has referred to an uncovered place affording a view of the surrounding region. For Christian or Islamic religious buildings the terms "churches" or "mosques" are generally used, but an exception is that "temples" is used for Protestant, as opposed to Roman Catholic, places of worship in France and some French-speaking regions.

temples(buildings)　(P,,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
temple(building)　(,U,English-NP,AD,U,SN)
fanes(buildings)　(,U,English-NP,UF,U,N)
tempels(P,,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
tempel(,U,Dutch-NP,AD,U,U)
templos(P,,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
templo(,U,Spanish-NP,AD,U,SN)
廟宇(建築物)　(P,,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,,)
寺廟(,U,Chinese (traditional)-NP,UF,,)
教堂(廟宇)　(,U,Chinese (traditional)-NP,UF,,)
廟(,U,Chinese (traditional)-NP,UF,,)
寺(,U,Chinese (traditional)-NP,UF,,)
miao yü (P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
miào yǔ (P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
miao yu (P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)

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....Objects Facet
........Built Environment (Hierarchy Name)
............Single Built Works (Hierarchy Name)
................<single built works (Built Environment)>
....................<single built works by specific type>
........................<single built works by function>
............................ceremonial structures
................................<religious structures>
....................................religious buildings
........................................temples (buildings)

thing(s) involved are....

temples(institutions)

Dutch....	Wordt gebruikt voor religieuze gebouwen die zijn gewijd aan het dienen van een godheid of godheden, vaak met een cultusafbeelding; wordt niet gebruikt voor christelijke en islamitische religieuze gebouwen, gebruik daar 'kerken' of 'moskeeën'. Kan ook worden gebruikt voor protestantse vereringsplaatsen in Frankrijk en en sommige Frans-sprekende gebieden.
Spanish....	Se refiere al lugar dedicado al culto de una deidad o deidades. En estricto sentido, se refiere a lugar en el que mora una deidad, y, en consecuencia, hace referencia también frecuentemente a la casa de la imagen de culto. En su uso moderno, un templo es generalmente una estructura, pero este término se derivó originariamente del latín "templum" e históricamente se ha referido al lugar no cubierto que ofrece una panorámica de los contornos de la region. Para los edificios religiosos cristianos o islámicos el término "templo" es usado por protestantes, en oposición a católicos romanos, lugares de culto en Francia y algunas regiones de habla francesa.
Chinese (traditional)....	指專門奉祀神祇的建築物。嚴格的定義指神祇的居住地，因此其中通常安放神祇塑像。「廟宇」一詞在現代用法中通常指某一結構物，但其字源卻來自拉丁文的「空曠區域（templum）」，原指上無遮蔽、可賞瞰周圍區域的地方。一般人用「教堂（churches）」或「清真寺（mosques）」稱呼基督教或伊斯蘭教的宗教建築，但有例外：為了和羅馬天主教教堂有所區隔，法國及法語區以temples稱呼新教徒的敬拜場所。

temples(buildings)............	[VP]
.................	Roberts, Construction Industry Thesaurus (1976)
.................	Canadian Urban Thesaurus (1979)
.................	Dictionary of Architecture and Construction (1975) illustration
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.................	Oxford English Dictionary (1989)
.................	RIBA, Architectural Keywords (1982)
.................	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990)
.................	Sturgis, Dictionary of Architecture and Building (1902) illustration
.................	Canadian Thesaurus of Construction Science and Technology (1978)
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
.................	Worcester Art Museum Library, List of subject headings, unpub. (1976)
.................	Avery Index (1963-)
.................	BHA Subject Headings (1985-)
.................	AATA database (1995-) 129625 checked 26 January 2012
.................	Nomenclature 3.0 for Museum Cataloging (2010)
.................	Curl, Encyclopedia of Architectural Terms (1993) illustration
temple(building)............	[VP]
.................	New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967-1979) Vol. 30, 431
.................	Chenhall, Revised Nomenclature (1988)
fanes(buildings)............	[VP]
.................	Dictionary of Architecture and Construction (1975)
.................	Sturgis, Dictionary of Architecture and Building (1902)
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
.................	Random House Dictionary of the English Language (1987)
tempels............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
tempel............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
templos............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Comité, Plural del término en singular
templo............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Moliner, Diccionario de uso del español (2004) I:1285
.................	Ching, Diccionario Visual de Arquitectura (1997)
.................	Toman, El Barroco. Arquitectura, escultura, pintura (1997) 486
廟宇(建築物)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 September 25, 2012
寺廟............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 September 25, 2012
.................	故宮後設資料需求規格書 4
教堂(廟宇)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	智慧藏百科全書網 September 25, 2012
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AATA database (1995-) 129625 checked 26 January 2012
.................	Van Dale Engels-Nederlands (1989)

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