Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Built Environment (hierarchy name)
4. Single Built Works (hierarchy name)
5. single built works (built environment)
6. [single built works by specific type]
7. [single built works by function]
8. ceremonial structures
9. religious structures
10. religious buildings

Narrower term/s

• [temples by form][+]
  • wats
  • rock-cut temples [+]
    • speoses
  • hypaethral temples
  • pañcāyatanas
  • Drāviḍa
  • trivihāra
  • ēḍūka
  • vēsara
  • Valabhīcchandaja
  • vṛttasaṁsthānaka
  • vṛṣa
  • muṇḍamāla
  • Nāgara
  • Tripuruṣa-śālā
  • aṣṭabhadra
  • Caturviṁśati-Jinālaya
  • aṣṭakarṇa-Latina
  • valabhī [+]
    • skandha-vēdī
  • sāndhāra
  • Drāviḍakūṭa
  • Tripuraṣa prāsāda
  • sarvatōbhadra
  • trikūṭa
  • trikūṭācala
  • nirandhāra
• [temples by function][+]
  • aedes
  • fire temples [+]
    • chahar taqs
  • mortuary temples
  • pantheons
  • joss houses
  • dēvanikāya
  • metroons
• [temples by location or context][+]
  • cave temples
  • heiaus
  • basadi
  • mūlavimāna
  • bhavana
  • sthāna
  • kōvil
  • ambalam

Anotations

Scope note:

Buildings housing places devoted to the worship of a deity or deities. In the strictest sense, it refers to the dwelling place of a deity, and thus often houses a cult image. In modern usage a temple is generally a structure, but it was originally derived from the Latin "templum" and historically has referred to an uncovered place affording a view of the surrounding region. For Christian or Islamic religious buildings the terms "churches" or "mosques" are generally used, but an exception is that "temples" is used for Protestant, as opposed to Roman Catholic, places of worship in France and some French-speaking regions.