Websters dictionary 1828 wrote:MAN'NER, noun
1. Form; method; way of performing or executing.
Find thou the manner and the means prepare.
Nephi had to find a form, method, and way of building the temple. By what means or manner would he build the temple? The manner and means of Solomon’s temple!
Websters dictionary 1828 wrote:MAN'NER, noun
2. Custom; habitual practice.
Show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. This will be the manner of the king. 1 Samuel 8:9.
Paul, as his manner was--Acts 17:2.
Nephi’s temple was built in custom and practice as that of Solomon’s temple.
Websters dictionary 1828 wrote:MAN'NER, noun
3. Sort; kind.
Ye tithe mint and rue, and all manner of herbs. Luke 11:42.
They shall say all manner of evil against you falsely--Matthew 5:11.
In this application, manner has the sense of a plural word; all sorts or kinds.
The sort and kind of Nephi’s temple is that of Solomon’s temple.
Websters dictionary 1828 wrote:MAN'NER, noun
4. Certain degree or measure. It is in a manner done already.
The bread is in a manner common. 1 Samuel 21:5.
This use may also be sometimes defined by sort or fashion; as we say, a thing is done after a sort or fashion, that is, not well, fully or perfectly.
Augustinus does in a manner confess the charge.
Nephi’s temple was built after a certain degree or measure as Solomon’s temple. It was done after a sort or fashion, that is, not well, fully or perfectly as Solomon’s but to a degree and measure!
Websters dictionary 1828 wrote:MAN'NER, noun
5. Mien; cast of look; mode.
Air and manner are more expressive than words.
Nephi’s temple looked like Solomon’s temple. The mode was the same.
Websters dictionary 1828 wrote:MAN'NER, noun
6. Peculiar way or carriage; distinct mode.
It can hardly be imagined how great a difference was in the humor, disposition and manner of the army under Essex and that under Waller.
A man's company may be known by his manner of expressing himself.
Nephi’s temple was peculiar and distinct as was Solomon’s temple.
Websters dictionary 1828 wrote:MAN'NER, noun
7. Way; mode; of things.
The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful manner
The way and mode in which Nephi built his temple was in the things in which Solomon’s was built.
Websters dictionary 1828 wrote:MAN'NER, noun
8. Way of service or worship.
The nations which thou hast removed and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the god of the land--2 Kings 7:1.
The way and service of worship is had in both temples.
Websters dictionary 1828 wrote:MAN'NER, noun
9. In painting, the particular habit of a painter in managing colors, lights and shades.
In building a temple, the particular habit of a mason in hewing stone, transporting, and setting in place.