What does the word temples mean?

A temple has many meanings. It is intended to be a special place for the encounter between the worshipper and the divine, a place where the divine and human can meet. They are not meeting places, they are for individual worshippers or small groups. The idea is to leave the busy world behind as you go through the gateway to approach the inner shrine and to seek the truth within you. It is a way of creating a kind of divine realm or a kind of heaven on earth.