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lineage temple

lineage temple noun: an ancestral shrine.

Noun

lineage temple (plural lineage temples)

  1. An ancestral shrine.
    • People in the Li lineage recall that the Li lineage temple was built in 1922; a plaque for Li ancestors hung in the temple hall and a stone stele in the yard recorded information about the temple's construction.2018, Lin Juren, Xie Yuxi, edited by Linda Grove, A Century of Change in a Chinese Village: The Crisis of the Countryside, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 66

Forms of lineage temple

plurallineage temples

Questions about lineage temple

What does lineage temple mean?
Lineage temple means an ancestral shrine.
What part of speech is lineage temple?
Lineage temple is a noun.
What is the plural of lineage temple?
The plural of lineage temple is lineage temples.

Words near lineage temple in the dictionary

  1. lineable
  2. lineactant
  3. lineactants
  4. lineae
  5. lineage
  6. lineage temple
  7. lineage temples
  8. lineage zone
  9. lineaged
  10. lineages
  11. lineaging

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