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temple names

temple names is the plural of temple name.

Meaning of temple name

Noun

temple name (plural temple names)

  1. (historical) A variant posthumous name used in China and occasionally other East Asian cultures for ritual worship at a dynasty's ancestral temple.
    • The posthumous names of early Chinese rulers were often variations of a few words like "the martial one" 武 (wǔ), "the literary one" 文, and "the filial one" 孝 (xiào), but by the Tang they had become so long that people began using rulers' temple names or era names instead.
    Synonyms:
    temple title

Questions about temple names

What is temple names the plural of?
Temple names is the plural of temple name.

Words near temple names in the dictionary

  1. temple marriages
  2. Temple Meads
  3. Temple Mills
  4. Temple Mount
  5. temple name
  6. temple names
  7. Temple of Heaven
  8. temple of immensity
  9. temple orange
  10. temple oranges
  11. temple prostitute

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