temenos

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɛmənɒs/

Definition of temenos

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

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

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

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From Ancient Greek τέμενος (témenos).

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