2. Church, house of worship, house of God, meeting-house. 3. Place of worship. Tempo, n. (Mus.) Time, degree of movement.
Temporal, a.
1. Worldly, terrestrial, mundane, secular, of this world, of this life. 2. Transient, fleeting, temporary, transitory. 3. Civil, political. Temporary, a. Transitory, transient, fleeting, evanescent, ephemeral, short-lived, temporal, brief, for a
time, of short duration.
Temporize, v. n. Trim, comply with occasions, yield to circumstances, fall in with current opinion, act
the time-server, be on the fence, wait to see which way the cat will jump.
Temporizer, n. Trimmer, time-server.
Tempt, v. a.
1. Try, test, prove, put to trial. 2. Entice (especially to evil), allure, seduce, decoy, induce, inveigle, persuade, prevail upon, draw on,
bring over, lure. 3. Incite, instigate, provoke, incline, dispose, prompt, endeavor to persuade, lead. 4. Attempt, venture on, essay, try. Temptation, n.
1. Enticement (especially to evil), allurement. 2. Bribe, bait, lure, decoy, golden apple, voice of the tempter, song of the sirens. Tempter, n.
1. Seducer, prompter, instigator, siren, Circe, Satan. 2. Satan, the Devil, Lucifer, Belial, Beelzebub, Prince of Darkness, the Arch-fiend, Apollyon, Abaddon,
the Evil One, the Author of Evil, the Old Serpent, the Prince of this World, the Foul Fiend.
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