tabernacle
Definition of tabernacle:
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part of speech: noun
A movable or temporary habitation; the movable structure carried by the Israelites during their wanderings in the wilderness as a place for worship and sacrifices; a place of worship; in Scrip., the natural body of man; in R. Cath. Ch., an ornamental erection on the altar for the reception of the consecrated vessels.
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part of speech: verb
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part of speech: noun
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.
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Common misspellings:
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- taberancle (40.0%)
- taberncale (60.0%)
Usage examples for tabernacle:
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The tabernacle is one, the temple another; the porch which he built for his throne, his throne for judgment; and this house of the forest of Lebanon is the fourth.
"The Works of John Bunyan Volume 3" – John Bunyan -
Up in Notting Hill is a Tabernacle built up and carried on by Mr. Varley, an humble imitator of Mr. Spurgeon.
"The Religious Life of London" – J. Ewing Ritchie -
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavillion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
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They were allowed to plead their own case in person before the lawgivers, the priests, and the princes, the rulers in State and Church, and all the congregation, at the very door of the tabernacle
"The Woman's Bible Part I. Comments on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Part II. Comments on the Old and New Testaments from Joshua to Revelation." – Elizabeth Cady Stanton
