Temenos definitions

Temenos

1) Greek temple
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Temenos

Temenos (Greek: τέμενος; plural: τεμένη, temene) is a piece of land cut off and assigned as an official domain, especially to kings and chiefs, or a piece of land marked off from common uses and dedicated to a god, a sanctuary, holy grove or holy precinct: The Pythian race-course is called a temenos, the sacred valley of the Nile is t...
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Temenos

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temenos

place dedicated to a god; sacred precinct
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temenos

(from the article `Greek religion`) ...earliest times deities were worshipped in awesome places such as groves, caves, or mountaintops. Mycenaean deities shared the king`s palace. ...
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Temenos

In Classical Greek culture, the temenos is a sacred area marked off as holy ground. On this special
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Temenos

A sanctuary or religious precinct.
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temenos

temenos (s), temene (pl) The sacred area surrounding a temple in Greek antiquity. A sacred precinct, literally, a place cut off, a section. Greek temenos (τέμενος, from the Greek verb τέμνω 'to cut'). It was a piece of land cut off and declared to be an official domain, especial...
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