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templu
temple /ˈtem.plu/
noun#2072 most common
Also: sanctuary, shrine
Example sentences
Acesta este un templu.
This is a temple.
Templul este foarte vechi.
The temple is very old.
Am vizitat un templu antic în Grecia.
I visited an ancient temple in Greece.
Turiștii se plimbă prin curtea templului.
Tourists walk through the courtyard of the temple.
Ruinele templului au fost descoperite de arheologi anul trecut.
The ruins of the temple were discovered by archaeologists last year.
Templele antice erau considerate locuri sacre unde zeii coborau printre oameni.
Ancient temples were considered sacred places where the gods descended among humans.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | templu | temple |
| Genitive | templului | templelor |
| Accusative | templu | temple |
| Vocative | templule | temple |
Word family
templutemple
templierTemplar, member of the medieval Knights Templar
templierărelating to the Knights Templar
Etymology
Templu comes from Latin templum, a space marked out and consecrated for religious observance. The Latin word itself is tied to the practice of augury, where priests defined a sacred zone in the sky or on the ground before reading omens. Romanian kept the word with little change, as part of its direct Latin inheritance rather than a later borrowing.
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