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tabernacle

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tab·er·na·cle  (tbr-nkl)
n.
1. often Tabernacle The portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant through the desert.
2. often Tabernacle A case or box on a church altar containing the consecrated host and wine of the Eucharist.
3. A place of worship.
4. A niche for a statue or relic.
5. Nautical A boxlike support in which the heel of a mast is stepped.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin tabernculum, from Latin, tent, diminutive of taberna, hut; see tavern.]
taber·nacu·lar (-nky-lr) adj.
tabernacle
Noun
1. the Tabernacle Bible the portable sanctuary in which the ancient Israelites carried the Ark of the Covenant
2. any place of Christian worship that is not called a church
3. RC Church a receptacle in which the Blessed Sacrament is kept [Latin tabernaculum a tent]
Tabernacle of bakers: a company of bakers—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.
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Noun1.tabernacleTabernacle - the Mormon temple                    
Mormon Tabernacle
Beehive State, Mormon State, Utah, UT - a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young
2.Tabernacle - (Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus
holy of holies, sanctum sanctorum - (Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was kept
sanctuary - a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
3.tabernacletabernacle - (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
synagogue, temple
house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, place of worship - any building where congregations gather for prayer
Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
Translations

tabernacle [ˈtæbənækl] n → tabernáculo
tabernacle [ˈtæbənækl] n → Tabernakel nt
tabernacle [ˈtæbənækl] n → tabernacolo


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A bed supported on massive pillars of mahogany, hung with curtains of deep red damask, stood out like a tabernacle in the centre; the two large windows, with their blinds always drawn down, were half shrouded in festoons and falls of similar drapery; the carpet was red; the table at the foot of the bed was covered with a crimson cloth; the walls were a soft fawn colour with a blush of pink in it; the wardrobe, the toilet-table, the chairs were of darkly polished old mahogany.
Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
If this king and this arch-prelate have their will, we shall briefly behold a cross on the spire of this tabernacle which we have builded, and a high altar within its walls, with wax tapers burning round it at noonday.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
I wandered in it, pitching the tabernacle of my thoughts on the lining of the square family-pew, the fidgets of my small brothers, and the horror of knowing that, on the Monday, I should have to write out, from memory, jottings of the rambling disconnected extempore sermon, which might have had any text but its own, and to stand or fall by the result.
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