tabernacle.
Any temporary dwelling; a hut, tent, or booth.
Meaning & usage
Any temporary dwelling; a hut, tent, or booth.
The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.
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.
A small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist, normally located in an especially prominent place in a church.
A temporary place of worship, especially a tent, for a tent meeting, as with a venue for revival meetings.
Any house of worship, especially a Mormon meetinghouse.
Any abode or dwelling place, or especially the human body as the temporary dwelling place of the soul, or life.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English tabernacle (14th century), from Old French tabernacle, from Latin tabernāculum (“tent, booth, shed”), the diminutive of taberna (“hut, shed”). By surface analysis, taberna + -cle.
To dwell; to abide for a time.
To instill or reside within, as a quality or virtue,
Where this word comes from
From Middle English tabernacle (14th century), from Old French tabernacle, from Latin tabernāculum (“tent, booth, shed”), the diminutive of taberna (“hut, shed”). By surface analysis, taberna + -cle.
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