Noun

(en noun)

A building for worship.

The temple of Zeus was very large.

(often, capitalized) The Jewish temple of Jerusalem, first built by Solomon.

Something regarded as holding religious presence.

Something of importance; something attended to.

My body is my temple.

(obsolete) A body.

* 1602 , (William Shakespeare), , act 1, scene 3, lines 11–14:

For nature crescent does not grow alone

In thews and bulks, but as this temple waxes,

The inward service of the mind and soul

Grows wide withal.

Hands held together with forefingers outstretched and touching pad to pad, with the rest of the fingers clasped.

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Noun

(en noun)

(anatomy) The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.

(ophthalmology) Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.

Noun

(en noun)

(weaving) A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) Passage, route.

# (obsolete) One's journey or route.

# (obsolete) A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc.

#* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.1:

But when she saw them gone she forward went, / As lay her journey, through that perlous Pace [...].

# (obsolete) An aisle in a church.

Step.

# A step taken with the foot.

# The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement : English Customary Weights and Measures, © Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (§: Distance , ¶ ? 6)

Even at the duel, standing 10 paces apart, he could have satisfied Aaron’s honor.

I have perambulated your field, and estimate its perimeter to be 219 paces .

Way of stepping.

# A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet.

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# Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait.

Speed or velocity in general.

(cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.

The collective noun for donkeys.

* 1952 , G. B. Stern, The Donkey Shoe , The Macmillan Company (1952), page 29:

but at Broadstairs and other places along the coast, a pace of donkeys stood on the sea-shore expectant (at least, their owners were expectant) of children clamouring to ride.

* 2006 , " Drop the dead donkeys", The Economist , 9 November 2006:

A pace of donkeys fans out in different directions.

* 2007 , Elinor De Wire, The Lightkeepers' Menagerie: Stories of Animals at Lighthouses , Pineapple Press (2007), ISBN 9781561643905, page 200:

Like a small farm, the lighthouse compound had its chattering'' of chicks, ''pace'' of donkeys, ''troop'' of horses, and ''fold of sheep.

Noun

(en noun)

Easter.