Temple

Temple is a place of worship for the Lords of Kobol of the Re-imagined Series.

A logical presumption is that the remnants of humanity that comprise the Fleet had opened temples aboard their ships for worship after their homeworld temples are destroyed by the Cylon attack. Clergy such as Elosha and Brother Cavil are presumed to be the central celebrant during formal services. Colonials can also visit temple on their own for private worship.

Temples were likely decorated more elaborately on the Twelve Colonies. On New Caprica, temples are created within tents.

The altar of the temple may be decorated with stones, candles, tiny idols representing a Lord of Kobol, an piece of animal fur, and a dish containing polished stones, perhaps offerings to the gods from the meager resources that New Caprica provides.

With the Cylon occupation of New Caprica, one resistance group consisting of Colonel Tigh, Galen Tyrol, and Jean Barolay use the temple to hide what weapons they can gather in boxes that form an altar of a temple, knowing that the Cylons have respected the Colonials' sacred places and have not searched for weapons in temples.

Nora repeatedly asks Duck to join her in temple in the hope for a child (Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance).

Notes

On the real-world Earth, the word "temple" is derived from the Latin word templum (sacred place). The term is commonly used, formally and informally, by several religions as a name for their places of worship.

In the United States, followers of Judaism speak of "going to temple" when attending services at their synogogue. The faith of the LDS Church use the name of temple for their worship buildings, which is a paradox to the use of the term "church" as the principal worship building for a Christian faith.