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tabernacle

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Meaning

  1. noun Any temporary dwelling; a hut, tent, or booth.
  2. noun The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.
  3. noun The Jewish Temple at Jerusalem (as continuing the functions of the earlier tabernacle).
  4. noun Any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship.
  5. noun A sukkah, the booth or 'tabernacle' used during the Jewish Feast of Sukkot.
  6. noun A small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist, normally located in an especially prominent place in a church.
  7. noun A temporary place of worship, especially a tent, for a tent meeting, as with a venue for revival meetings.
  8. noun Any house of worship, especially a Mormon meetinghouse.

Similar words

sukkoth feast of booths feast of tabernacles succos sanctuary shrine temple chapel church oratory

Often followed by

of and in was is for to or choir

Word family

Tabernacle Tabernacles tabernacled tabernacles tabernacling tabernacular

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