Tabernacle

['tæbə,næk(ə)l] or ['tæbɚnækl]

Definition

(noun.) (Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus.

(noun.) the Mormon temple.

Typist: Remington--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.

(n.) A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship.

(n.) Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship.

(n.) Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul.

(n.) Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept.

(n.) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.

(n.) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture.

(n.) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like.

(n.) A tryptich for sacred imagery.

(n.) A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.

(n.) A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc.

(v. i.) To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.

Typist: Rachel

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Tent, pavilion, habitation.[2]. Temple, church, chapel, cathedral, minster, meeting-house, place of worship, sacred place.[3]. Pyx.

v. n. Dwell (temporarily), sojourn, be housed.

Typist: Tyler

Definition

n. (B.) the movable tent carried by the Jews through the desert and used as a temple: a tent: the human body as the temporary abode of the soul: a place of worship or sacred place: (R.C.) the place in which the consecrated elements of the Eucharist are kept: a socket permitting a mast to be lowered beneath bridges.—v.i. to dwell: to abide for a time.—adj. Tabernac′ular.—Tabernacle work (archit.) ornamental work over niches stalls &c. with canopies and pinnacles or any work in which such forms a characteristic feature.—Feast of tabernacles a Jewish autumn festival celebrating the sojourning of the children of Israel in the wilderness (Lev. xxiii. 43) and the gathering-in of all the fruits of the year (Ex. xxiii. 16).

Edited by Kelsey