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ALL meanings of tabernacle

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  • noun tabernacle any place or house of worship, especially one designed for a large congregation. 1
  • noun tabernacle (often initial capital letter) the portable sanctuary in use by the Israelites from the time of their wandering in the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt to the building of the Temple in Jerusalem by Solomon. Ex. 25–27. 1
  • noun tabernacle Ecclesiastical. an ornamental receptacle for the reserved Eucharist, now generally found on the altar. 1
  • noun tabernacle a canopied niche or recess, as for an image or icon. 1
  • noun tabernacle a temporary dwelling or shelter, as a tent or hut. 1
  • noun tabernacle a dwelling place. 1
  • noun tabernacle the human body as the temporary abode of the soul. 1
  • abbreviation TABERNACLE temple 1
  • countable noun tabernacle A tabernacle is a church used by certain Christian Protestant groups and by Mormons. 0
  • proper noun tabernacle The Tabernacle was a small tent which contained the most holy writings of the ancient Jews and which they took with them when they were travelling. 0
  • noun tabernacle the portable sanctuary in the form of a tent in which the ancient Israelites carried the Ark of the Covenant (Exodus 25–27) 0
  • noun tabernacle the Jewish Temple regarded as the shrine of the divine presence 0
  • noun tabernacle a meeting place for worship used by Mormons or Nonconformists 0
  • noun tabernacle a small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist 0
  • noun tabernacle the human body regarded as the temporary dwelling of the soul 0
  • noun tabernacle a canopied niche or recess forming the shrine of a statue 0
  • noun tabernacle a strong framework for holding the foot of a mast stepped on deck, allowing it to be swung down horizontally to pass under low bridges, etc 0
  • noun tabernacle a temporary shelter, as a tent 0
  • noun tabernacle a dwelling place 0
  • noun tabernacle the human body considered as the dwelling place of the soul 0
  • noun tabernacle a shrine, niche, etc. with a canopy 0
  • noun tabernacle a place of worship, esp. one with a large seating capacity 0
  • noun tabernacle the portable sanctuary carried by the Jews during the Exodus: Ex. 25, 26, 27 0
  • noun tabernacle a cabinetlike enclosure for consecrated Hosts, usually at the center of an altar 0
  • intransitive verb tabernacle to dwell temporarily 0
  • verb transitive tabernacle to place in or as in a tabernacle 0
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