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Meaning of temenos | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

/ˈtɛmənɒs/

Definitions

Ground under, surrounding and adjacent to a temple; a sacred enclosure or precinct.

Examples

“The three spheres – political, commercial, spiritual – intersected, and at the very centre of their conjunction was, and is, the Meccan temenos.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

temerarious temerariousness temeration Temerities Temerity temescal