tabernacle
IPA: tˈæbɝnækʌɫ
noun
- Any temporary dwelling; a hut, tent, or booth.
- (biblical) The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.
- (by extension) The Jewish Temple at Jerusalem (as continuing the functions of the earlier tabernacle).
- Any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship.
- A sukkah, the booth or 'tabernacle' used during the Jewish Feast of Sukkot.
- (Roman Catholicism) A small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist, normally located in an especially prominent place in a church.
- (originally Methodism) A temporary place of worship, especially a tent, for a tent meeting, as with a venue for revival meetings.
- (by extension) Any house of worship, especially a Mormon meetinghouse.
- (figuratively) Any abode or dwelling place, or especially the human body as the temporary dwelling place of the soul, or life.
- (nautical) A hinged device allowing for the easy folding of a mast 90 degrees from perpendicular, as for transporting the boat on a trailer, or passing under a bridge.
verb
- (intransitive) To dwell; to abide for a time.
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Examples of "tabernacle" in Sentences
- Repositioning of the tabernacle.
- Replicas of the desert tabernacle.
- One contains the tabernacle and altar.
- Chapel of the Virgin of the Tabernacle.
- Baraita on the Erection of the Tabernacle.
- At the center of the circle is the tabernacle.
- Above the tabernacle is a niche with a crucifix.
- On the door of the tabernacle is the scene of the Annunciation.
- If there is more, then the leftovers are stored in a tabernacle.
- The name tabernacle or tent of meeting usually means this tabernacle.
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