tabernacle
The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah was…The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.
» The tabernacle was the predecessor of the Temple.
Das Offenbarungszelt war der Vorgänger des Tempels. — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR
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Examples
2 sentencesThe tabernacle was the predecessor of the Temple.
deDas Offenbarungszelt war der Vorgänger des Tempels. — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR
As the Lord commanded Moses. And Aaron put it in the tabernacle to be kept.
Meaning
10 sensesThe portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.
Tabernakel, Stiftshütte, Mischkan
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A sukkah, the booth or 'tabernacle' used during the Jewish Feast of Sukkot.
Laubhütte, Sukka
A small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist, normally located in an especially prominent place in a church.
Tabernakel
More meanings 7
A temporary place of worship, especially a tent, for a tent meeting, as with a venue for revival meetings.
табернакляtabernaklja
Any temporary dwelling; a hut, tent, or booth.
(broadly)The Jewish Temple at Jerusalem (as continuing the functions of the earlier tabernacle).
Any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship.
(broadly)Any house of worship, especially a Mormon meetinghouse.
(figuratively)Any abode or dwelling place, or especially the human body as the temporary dwelling place of the soul, or life.
A hinged device allowing for the easy folding of a mast 90 degrees from perpendicular, as for transporting the boat on a trailer, or passing under a bridge.
- the Mormon temple
- (Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus
- (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
Origin
From Middle English tabernacle (14th century), from Old French tabernacle, from Latin tabeFrom Middle English tabernacle (14th century), from Old French tabernacle, from Latin tabernāculum (“tent, booth, shed”), the diminutive of taberna (“hut, shed”). By surface analysis, taberna + -cle.
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Forms
plural: tabernacles| Singular | tabernacle |
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Synonyms
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4 related wordsSee also
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