#temple.edifice an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes
supertype: #edifice__building a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
part: #column.upright #entablature
subtype: #ziggurat__zikkurat__zikurat a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
subtype: #Tower_of_Babel__Babel (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another
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