Etymology

temenos

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Today it means: Ground under, surrounding and adjacent to a temple; a sacred enclosure or precinct. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τέμενος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτέμενος
  2. English todaytemenos

From Ancient Greek τέμενος (témenos).

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