An area just behind and to the side of the
forehead and the eye, above the side of the check bone (the zygomatic
arch) and in front of the ear.
In optometry, the temple is the side bar of a pair of glasses
which passes on the side of the head to help hold the glasses in
place.
The word "temple" comes from the Latin "templum" and the
Greek "temenos" which referred to an area marked off for the
observation of omens.
The temple of the head may have served as an anatomic area for the
observation of omens. One might divine a person's temperament, for
example, from the graying of their hair at the temple, the recession
of hair from that area, the prominence and pulsation of vessels just
beneath the skin of the temple, etc.
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