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is negligent and incorrect, but agreeable, resembling that of 
easy and polite conversation.” Hume . Gen. Biog. 
TE'MPLE, s. [tempel, Sax.; temple, Fr.; iemplum, 
Lat.] A place appropriated to acts of religion. 
Most sacrilegious murther hath broke ope 
The lord’s anointed temple , and stole thence 
The life o’ the building. Shakspeare. 
[ Tempera, Lat.] The upper part of the sides of the head 
where the pulse is felt. 
Her sunny locks 
Hang on her temples like a golden fleece. Shakspeare. 
To TE'MPLE, v. a. To build a temple for; to appro¬ 
priate a temple to.—The heathen, in many places, templed 
and adored this drunken god [Bacchus]. Feltham. 
TEMPLES, among us, denote two inns of court, thus 
called, because anciently the dwelling-house of the knights 
Templars. 
At the suppression of that order they were purchased by 
some professors of the common law, and converted into hos- 
pitia, or inns of courts. 
They are called the Inner and Middle Temple, in relation 
to Essex-house, which was also a part of the house of the 
Templars, and called the Outer Temple, because situate 
without Temple-Bar. 
TEMPLE, a parish of Scotland, in Mid-Lothian, on the 
south borders of the county. Its greatest length is about 
nine miles, and its greatest breadth about five. Population 
1058.—2. A hamlet of England, in the parish of Broad- 
Windsor, Dorsetshire.—3. A hamlet of England, in the 
parish of Dartford, Kent.—4. A township of the United 
States, in Kennebeck county, Maine; 40 miles north-west 
of Augusta. Population 482.—5. A post township of the 
United States, in Hillsborough county, New Hampshire; 13 
miles west-south-west of Amherst, and 54 south-south-west 
of Concord. Population 941. 
TEMPLE BAY, a bay on the north-east coast of New 
Holland, to the south of Cape Grenville. 
TEMPLE-COMBE, a village of England, in the parish of 
Combe Abbas, Somersetshire. 
TEMPLE, Cowley, a hamlet of England, in the parish 
of Cowley, near Oxford. 
TEMPLE, Grafton, a parish of England, in Warwick¬ 
shire ; 3 miles from Alcester. 
TEMPLE HURST, a village of England, in the parish 
of Birkin, West Riding of Yorkshire. 
TEMPLEMORE, a neat modern well-built village of Ire¬ 
land, in the county of Tipperary, pleasantly situated on the 
banks of the Suir. Here is an elegant modern built church, 
with a fine spire and steeple; 75 miles south-west of Dublin. 
TEMPLE NEWSIIAM, a hamlet of England, West Rid¬ 
ing of Yorkshire; 4 miles east-by-south of Leeds. 
TEMPLEPATRICK, a village of Ireland, in the county 
of Antrim, del ightfully situated on the Six Mile Water; 87 
miles north of Dublin. 
TE'MPLET, s. A piece of timber in a building.—When 
you lay any timber or brick-work, as lintels over windows, 
or templets under girders, lay them in loom. Moxon. 
TEMPLETON, a parish of England, in Devonshire ; 5 
miles w'est-by-north of Tiverton. 
TEMPLETON, a post township of the United States, in 
Worcester county, Massachusetts; 60 miles west-north-west 
of Boston, and 27 north-west of Worcester. Population 
1205. 
TEMPLEUVE, a small town of the Netherlands, in the 
province of Hainault. Population 3300; 5 miles north-east 
of Tournay, and 9 east of Lille. 
TEMPLIN, a small town of Prussia, in the province of 
Brandenburg, situated near the lake of Delgen. In October 
1806, it was entered by the French, and the prince of Ho- 
henlohe, who had retired hither after the battle of Jena, was 
made prisoner here. Population 2100; 42 miles north of 
Berlin, and 18 west-south-west of Prenzlow. 
TEMPO, a smart little village of Ireland, in the county of 
Fermanagh; 77 miles north-west of Dublin. 
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TEMPORAL, a settlement of Mexico, in the district of 
Tampico, which contains 80 families of Indians. 
TE'MPQRAL, adj. [temporalis, low Lat.] Measured 
by time; not eternal.—As there they sustain temporal life, 
so here they would learn to make provision for eternal. 
Hooker. —Secular; not ecclesiastical. 
This sceptre shews the force of temporal power. 
The attribute to awe and majesty, 
Wherein doth sit the dread of kings. Shakspeare. 
Not spiritual.—There is scarce any of those decisions but 
gives good light, by way of authority or reason, to some 
questions that arise also between temporal dignities, espe¬ 
cially to cases wherein some of our subordinate temporal 
titles have part in the controversy. Selden. —[ Temporal, 
Fr.] Placed at the temples, or upper part of the sides of the 
head.—Copious bleeding, by opening the temporal arteries, 
are the most effectual remedies for a phrensy. Arbuthnot. 
TEMPORALITIES, or Temporalties, the temporal 
revenues of an ecclesiastic; particularly such lands, tene¬ 
ments, or lay-fees, tithes, &c., as have been annexed to 
bishops’ fees by our kings, or other persons of high rank in 
the kingdom. 
TEMPORA'LITY, or Te'mporals, s. [ temporalitd , 
Fr.] Secular possessions; not ecclesiastic rights. Such re¬ 
venues, lands, and tenements, as bishops have had annexed 
to their sees by the kings and others from time to time, as 
they are barons and lords of the parliament. Cowel. —The 
residue of these ordinary finances is casual, as the temporali¬ 
ties of vacant bishoprics, the profits that grow by the tenures 
of lands. Bacon. 
TE'MPORALLY, adv. With respect to this life.—Sin¬ 
ners who are in such a temporally happy condition, owe it 
not to their sins, but wholly to their luck. South. 
TE'MPORALNESS, s. Secularly; worldliness. Cot- 
grave. 
TE'MPORALTY, s. The laity; secular people.—The 
pope sucked out inestimable sums of money, to the intoler¬ 
able grievance of clergy and tempora/ty. Abbot. —Secular 
possessions. 
TEMPORA'NEOUS, adj. [temporis, Lat.] Tempo¬ 
rary. Diet .—Those things may cause a temporaneous dis¬ 
union. Hal/ywell. 
TE'MPORARINESS, s. The state of being temporary j 
not perpetuity. 
TE'MPORARY, adj. [ tempus , Lat.] Lasting only for 
a limited time.—These temporary truces were soon made 
and soon broken ; he desired a straiter amity. Bacon. 
TEMPORIZATION, s. The act of complying with times 
or occasions.—Charges of temporizatian and compliance 
had somewhat sullied his reputation. Johnson. 
To TE'MPORIZE, v. n. [ tempus, Lat.] To delay; to 
procrastinate.—Well, you will temporize with the hours, 
Shakspeare. —To comply with the times or occasions. 
They might their grievance inwardly complain. 
But outwardly they needs must temporize. Daniel , 
To comply. This is improper. 
The dauphin is too wilful opposite, 
And will not temporize with my entreaties: 
He flatly says, he’ll not lay down his arms, Shakspeare , 
TE'MPORIZER, s. [ temporiseur, Fr.] One that com¬ 
plies with times or occasions; a trimmer. 
I pronounce thee a hovering temporizer, that 
Canst with thine eyes at once see good and evil. 
Inclining to them both. Shakspeare. 
TEMPSFORD, a parish of England, in Bedfordshire; 6 
miles north-north-west of Biggleswade. Population 475. 
To TEMPT, v. a. [ tento, Lat.; tenter, Fr,] To solicit 
to ill; to incite by presenting some pleasure or advantage to 
the mind; to entice. 
’Tis not the king that sends you to the Tower: 
My lady Gray tempts him to this harsh extremity. 
Shakspeare. 
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