[In sense 1, a. F. templette, dim. of temple fem. (in mod.F. tempe), TEMPLE sb.2 Sense 2 may be a different word.]

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  † 1.  An ornament worn by women on the head; = TEMPLE sb.2 2. Obs.

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1530.  Palsgr., 279/2. Templet a thynge made of latyn, templete.

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c. 1532.  Du Wes, Introd. Fr., in Palsgr., 907 (Names of womens rementes). The templettes, les templettes.

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  2.  Each of the four-sided facets which surround and ‘support’ the table of a brilliant.

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1889.  Cent. Dict., Bezel … 2, the oblique side or face of a gem; spec. one of four similarly situated four-sided facets on the top or crown of a brilliant, which are sometimes called templets.

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