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Yiddish shul or schul: Temples to gods are found throughout the
world.
tempo n. cadence, rhythm, beat, time, pulse, metre, measure; pace,
speed, rate: The melody should be played in waltz tempo. Living
in the country, Tom is unaccustomed to the tempo of big-city
life.
temporal adj. 1 earthly, terrestrial, terrene, mundane, worldly,
non-spiritual, non-clerical, lay, laic(al), secular,
non-religious, non-ecclesiastic(al), material, civil, profane,
fleshly, mortal: He believed that his temporal miseries would
be compensated for by an eternity in the seventh heaven. 2 See
temporary, below.
temporarily
adv. 1 for the time being, in the interim, pro tem, in or for
the meantime or the meanwhile, for now: Mr Peters is
temporarily out of the office, and will contact you on his
return. 2 briefly, fleetingly, for a (short or little) while or
time, for the moment: Your size is temporarily out of stock,
madam.
temporary adj. impermanent, makeshift, stopgap, stand-by, provisional;
pro tem, transitory, transient, fleeting, fugitive, passing,
ephemeral, temporal, evanescent, short-lived, momentary: I
suppose it will have to do as a temporary substitute.
tempt v. 1 attract, entice, lure, allure, draw (in), invite, lead on,
whet (one's) appetite, seduce, captivate, persuade, coax,
cajole: They had a special offer to tempt new customers. 2
lead, induce, persuade, prompt, move, incline, dispose: I would
be tempted to resign if they treated me that way. 3 provoke,
dare, (put to the) test: I shouldn't tempt Providence if I were
you.
temptation
n. 1 tempting, enticing, leading on, seducing, captivating,
persuading, coaxing, cajoling: The temptation by advertisers
never stops, does it? 2 enticement, seduction, captivation,
persuasion, allurement, invitation, attraction, draw, lure,
inducement, snare, Colloq pull, come-on: I could never resist a
temptation like that.