TABERNACLE
\tˈabənəkə͡l], \tˈabənəkəl], \t_ˈa_b_ə_n_ə_k_əl]\
Definitions of TABERNACLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.
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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.
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Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship.
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Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept.
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The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.
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A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture.
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Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like.
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A tryptich for sacred imagery.
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A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.
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A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc.
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To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.
By Oddity Software
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A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.
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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.
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Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship.
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Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept.
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The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.
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A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture.
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Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like.
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A tryptich for sacred imagery.
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A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.
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A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc.
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To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.
By Noah Webster.
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A slightly constructed temporary habitation; especially, a tent or pavilion; "How goodly are thy tents. O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!" -Num. xxiv. 5; in Jewish antiq. a movable building, so contrived as to be taken to pieces with case and reconstructed, for the convenience of being carried during the wanderings of the Israelities in the wilderness. It was of a rectangular figure, 45 feet by 15, and 15 feet in height. The interior was divided into two rooms or compartments by a vail or curtain, and it was covered with four different spreads or carpets. The outer or larger compartment was called the holy place, being that in which incense was burned and the show-bread exhibited; and the inner the most holy place, or holy of holies, in which was deposited the ark of the covenant. It was situated in a court 150 feet by 75, surrounded by screens 7 1/2 feet high: a temple; a place of worship; a sacred place; specifically, the temple of Solomon. Ps. xv. 1: any small cell or repository in which holy or precious things are deposited, as an ornamented chest placed on Roman Catholic altars as a receptacle of the ciborium and pyx; or, a reliquary or small box for the presentation of relies and the like: the human frame; "Yea I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me." -1 Pet. i. 13, 14: in Goth. arch, a canopied stall or niche; a cabinet or shrine ornamented with open-worked tracery, etc.; an arched canopy over a tomb; also, a tomb or monument: (naut.) an elevated socket for a boat's mast, or a projecting post to which a mast may be hinged when it is fitted for lowering to pass beneath bridges.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] A slightly built or temporary habitation ; a tent ;-a portable structure used by the Jews during the exodus as a place of worship;-the Jewish temple;-hence, a sacred place ; place of worship ;-a Methodist meeting-house ;-in Scripture, dwelling place ; place of abode ; also, the dwelling place of the soul; the body ;-in papist churches, an ornamental chest to hold the ciborium and pyxis ; -in Gothic buildings, a canopied stall, niche, or tomb.
