tabernacle
Pronunciation: /ˈtæbɚnækl̩/
The English word “tabernacle” has 12 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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.
verb
Etymology
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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