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templelike

templelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a temple.

Adjective

templelike (comparative more templelike, superlative most templelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a temple
    • Devi, on Union Square, is named for an Indian goddess and favors templelike décor.2008 January 13, Matthew Fishbane, “A Passage to India”, in New York Times

Forms of templelike

comparativemore templelike
superlativemost templelike

Origin of templelike

From temple + -like.

Questions about templelike

What does templelike mean?
Templelike means resembling or characteristic of a temple.
What part of speech is templelike?
Templelike is an adjective.

Words near templelike in the dictionary

  1. templefuls
  2. templegoer
  3. templegoers
  4. templegoing
  5. templeless
  6. templelike
  7. Templeman
  8. Templemans
  9. Templemore
  10. Templepatrick
  11. Templer

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