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Meaning of "temenos" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TEMENOS

temenos  [ˈteməˌnɒs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TEMENOS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Temenos is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TEMENOS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Temenos

Temenos 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 the Νείλοιο πῖον τέμενος Κρονίδα, the Acropolis of Athens is the ἱερὸν τέμενος. The word derives from the Greek verb τέμνω, "to cut". The earliest attested form of the word is the Mycenaean Greek

Definition of temenos in the English dictionary

The definition of temenos in the dictionary is a consecrated area, especially one surrounding a temple.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TEMENOS


cognosce
kɒɡˈnɒs
Cronos
ˈkrəʊnɒs
Enos
ˈiːnɒs
ethnos
ˈeθnɒs
Hypnos
ˈhɪpnɒs
Kronos
ˈkrəʊnɒs
Lemnos
ˈlɛmnɒs
lichanos
ˈlɪkəˌnɒs
Minos
ˈmaɪnɒs
Mykonos
ˈmɪkənɒs
opisthotonos
ˌɒpɪsˈθɒtəˌnɒs
Parthenos
ˈpɑːθɪˌnɒs
precognosce
ˌpriːkɒɡˈnɒs
proslambanomenos
ˌprɒslæmbəˈnɒmɪnɒs
stamnos
ˈstæmnɒs
threnos
ˈθriːnɒs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TEMENOS

temazepam
temblor
temerarious
temerariously
temerariousness
temerity
temerous
temerously
Temne
temp
temp.
Tempe
tempeh
temper
temper tantrum
tempera
temperability
temperable
temperalitie
temperament

WORDS THAT END LIKE TEMENOS

Bahia de los Cochinos
Barbados
Bernanos
Campos
Carlos
chaos
chinos
Comoros
cos
Davos
Eos
Gros
hegumenos
Jos
Laos
logos
Marcos
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pros
Santos

Synonyms and antonyms of temenos in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «temenos» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TEMENOS

Find out the translation of temenos to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of temenos from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «temenos» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

坦密诺斯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

temenos
570 millions of speakers

English

temenos
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

TEMENOS
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تيمينوس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

теменос
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

temenos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

temenos
260 millions of speakers

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temenos
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Temenos
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Temenos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

テメノス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

TEMENOS
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Temenos
85 millions of speakers
vi

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Temenos
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

temenos
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थिएनोस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

temenos
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

temenos
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Temenos
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

теменос
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

TEMENOS
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

τέμενος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

temenos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

temenos
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

temenos
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of temenos

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TEMENOS»

The term «temenos» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.647 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TEMENOS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about temenos

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TEMENOS»

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High Availability and Disaster Recovery for Temenos T24 with ...
The Connectivity layer has the following components: Temenos Open Connectivity Framework - Enterprise Edition (TOCF-EE) A family of Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) components that provide industry standard connectivity that is ...
Barrie Mike, Moditha Sanjay De Costa, Gowrimani Gopalakrishnan, 2012
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Ancient Greek Religion
We are “cutting off ” (for which the Greek is temnein) an area from the surrounding land, and the Greek term for such an enclosed area is temenos. Our temenos is to be dedicated to a god and hence is “sacred” (hieron), and the two terms ...
Jon D. Mikalson, 2011
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Le Sanctuaire Grec
2) E. of Selinous indicates a less narrow, temenos space around the temple.32 On the whole, this aspect of temenos space in relation to building volume remains an unknown factor in the Western Greek sanctuaries, since the original ...
Albert Schachter, Emily Kearns, Birgitta Bergquist, 1992
4
Excavations at Mendes: The Royal Necropolis
at inner temenos wall (T 3) 5 infant pot 142 near tomb ofNepherites I 35, 142 butchering, of cattle 206 Canaanite store-jars 139, 145, 152-153 canary grass ( Phalaris) 200 canid material 203 castor oil 215 cattle 203-204, 205-206 raised at Nile ...
Donald B. Redford, 2004
5
The Ancient Messenians: Constructions of Ethnicity and Memory
This version certainly appeared in Euripides' Temenos and was also probably alluded to in his Temenids.11 According to Pausanias, who also follows this version, it was decided to draw lots for Messenia and Laconia after Kresphontes had ...
Nino Luraghi, 2008
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Wendell Berry: Life and Work
The poet and Blake and Yeats scholar Kathleen Raine (1908-2003), the founder and inspirer of the Temenos Academy, was another friend and admirer of Wendell's and did all she could to promote his work. The affection and respect they ...
Jason Peters, 2009
7
Digital Imaging for Cultural Heritage Preservation: ...
1.6.2 Temenos and Room III The sacred area represented by the central part of the acropolis, during the eighth century BC, was partially enclosed by a low and wide precinct wall of eccentric shape, a Temenos, well preserved along the ...
Filippo Stanco, Sebastiano Battiato, Giovanni Gallo, 2011
8
Sagalassos V: Report on the Survey and Excavation Campaigns ...
third the temenos wall connecting them. The whole arrangement, with a temenos wall not surrounding the temple itself but built against it in such a way that the temple still projected 3.50 m beyond it, most probably indicates that the temenos  ...
Marc Waelkens, Lieven Loots, 2000
9
Didyma: Apollo's Oracle, Cult, and Companions
The specifications are unclear; there is mention of a herme (exit?; defined as exodos in an interpolation in Hesychios), and an enclosure (peribolos) that the temenos or something in it reached to or bounded. It also bordered on a temenos of ...
Joseph Eddy Fontenrose, 1988
10
Euripides' Kresphontes and Archelaos: Introduction, Text, ...
Tquevoc 8' "YXXou naxpoc: the usual genealogy is Hyllos-Kleodaios- Aristomachos-Temenos (cf. e.g. Hdt. 6, 52, 1, Hyg. fab. 124 and the variants of the pedigree in FGrH II B 401 f.). Occasionally we find Kleodaios as the father of Temenos; cf.
Annette Harder, 1985

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TEMENOS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term temenos is used in the context of the following news items.
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Temenos Jumps Most Since 2013 on Surge in Sales of Bank Software
Temenos Group AG jumped the most in more than two years after the Swiss maker of financial software reported second-quarter revenue and profit that beat ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
2
Temenos Q2 shows license rebound on strong Europe, new US deals
Temenos reported operating income, excluding one-time items, of $31.7 ... it bodes well for the medium-term," Temenos Chief Executive David Arnott said on a ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
3
Swiss IT Services Firm Temenos Hiring More Techies in India
Leading Swiss IT services provider Temenos AG is ramping up headcount in India to expand its development centres in Chennai and Bengaluru, a senior ... «NDTV, Jun 15»
4
Temenos Expands Nordic Presence with Helsinki Office
Switzerland-based vendor Temenos has expanded its presence in the Nordic markets by opening a new office in Helsinki and will look to help firms in the region ... «www.waterstechnology.com, Jun 15»
5
ABN Amro extends Temenos relationship to private banking
Abn-Amro Singapore ABN Amro plans to implement the Temenos WealthSuite integrated wealth management platform for its international private banking ... «Banking Technology, Apr 15»
6
Temenos buys into funds market with €235m purchase of Multifonds
Temenos has moved into the fund administration business with the acquisition of Multifonds, which counts a number of Tier 1 institutions as users of its fund ... «Banking Technology, Mar 15»
7
Temenos purchases Akcelerant to accelerate growth in North America
GENEVA, Feb. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the market-leading provider of mission-critical solutions to the financial services industry, today ... «PR Newswire, Feb 15»
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Temenos announces strategic alliance with Elan Financial Services
Temenos will leverage Elan's size and long-standing investment in EFT processing, fraud mitigation, and expansive self-service options, coupled with their ... «PR Newswire, Jan 15»
9
Temenos shares slip on poor sales
In a trading update, Temenos says it expects to report software licensing revenue of $136m to $143m for the year, versus the previous implied guidance range of ... «Finextra, Jan 15»
10
Beyonce Has Quietly Given $7 Million To Homeless In Hometown Of …
Beyonce has quietly given $7 million throughout the past few years to the Knowles-Temenos Place Apartments in her hometown of Houston, as KHOU 11 News ... «Huffington Post, Jul 14»

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