Home › Words › T › templizetemplizetemplize means to make more temple-like.EtymologyFrom temple + -ize.verbTo make more temple-like.e.g.“Vernacular structures were often “templized” by adding a portico of the correct classical proportions, which were described in detail in architectural copy books.” — 1985, Jane Webb Smith, Marianne Doezema, Georgia's Legacy: History Charted Through the Arts, page 185:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).