- 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.