NOUN
- any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall
How To Use Temple of Solomon In A Sentence
- The architecture of Freemasonry is altogether related to the construction of public edifices, and principally sacred or religious ones, -- such as temples, cathedrals, churches, -- and of these, masonically, the temple of Solomon is the archetype. The Symbolism of Freemasonry
- I might see all the artifacts that the Church somehow managed to nick from the Temple of Solomon, which will be particularly special to me as an archaeologist. Archive 2009-07-01
- And since nicking artifacts from the Temple of Solomon would require the Church to have a time machine, I might get to see a time machine. Deej to Seminary, Part 2
- So too was Hiram Abiff, architect of the Temple of Solomon.
- The Templars took vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience and were given headquarters near the ruins of the Temple of Solomon.
