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tabernacle

tab·er·na·cle [ ˈta-bər-ˌna-kəl]

tabernacle

noun

[ˈta-bər-ˌna-kəl]

Definition of tabernacle

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : a house of worship specifically : a large building or tent used for evangelistic services

2 : a receptacle for the consecrated elements of the Eucharist
especially : an ornamental locked box used for reserving the Communion hosts

3a often capitalized : a tent sanctuary used by the Israelites during the Exodus

b archaic : a dwelling place

c archaic : a temporary shelter : tent

tabernacle

verb

tabernacled; tabernacling\ ˈta-bər-ˌna-k(ə-)liŋ \

Definition of tabernacle (Entry 2 of 2)

intransitive verb

: to take up temporary residence
especially : to inhabit a physical body

Other Words from tabernacle

Noun

tabernacular \ ˌta-bər-ˈna-kyə-lər \ adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty

Synonyms: Noun

church,
kirk
[chiefly Scottish],
temple

Recent Examples on the Web

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
//This emptiness was later copied, perhaps unwittingly, by American architects in their homage to the British style, which is why our neo-Gothic college campuses are replete with little sculptural tabernacles and niches, all of them bare.
— Daniel Gelernter, National Review, "The Metropolitan Museum of Art Defaces Its Façade," 21 Sep. 2019
//All that was saved as the flames consumed the structure was the tabernacle.
— Fox News, "124-year-old Catholic church in Texas burns to the ground," 31 July 2019
//The group managed to take vestments, the tabernacle and the Holy Host.
— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, "Trona Catholics kept the faith as their town declined. Then, two earthquakes shook their ‘gem in the desert’," 5 Aug. 2019
//The family has also built a sprawling biblical theme park in the West Bank settlement of Shilo, revered as the ancient site of the biblical tabernacle.
— Washington Post, "US duty free owners give millions to Israeli settlements," 1 July 2019
//In a separate project at the site of an ancient city on the West Bank, archaeologists have been hunting for evidence of the tabernacle that once housed the Ark of the Covenant.
— Fox News, "‘Magnificent’ baptismal font discovered at Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, Palestinian officials say," 24 June 2019
//At the site of an ancient city on the West Bank, archaeologists are also hunting for evidence of the tabernacle that once housed the Ark of the Covenant.
— James Rogers, Fox News, "Exquisite ancient mosaic uncovered in Israel," 31 July 2018
//At the site of an ancient city on the West Bank, archaeologists are also hunting for evidence of the tabernacle that once housed the Ark of the Covenant.
— James Rogers, Fox News, "Exquisite ancient mosaic uncovered in Israel," 31 July 2018
//At the site of an ancient city on the West Bank, archaeologists are also hunting for evidence of the tabernacle that once housed the Ark of the Covenant.
— James Rogers, Fox News, "Exquisite ancient mosaic uncovered in Israel," 31 July 2018

First Known Use of tabernacle

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a

Verb

1653, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for tabernacle

Noun

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin tabernaculum, from Latin, tent, from taberna hut

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