tabernacle en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈtæbənækl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ˈtæbɚnækl̩/ (General-American)
Etymology
From 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.
Meanings
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Any temporary dwelling; a hut, tent, or booth.
The tabernacles of robbers proſper, and they that prouoke God are ſecure, into whoſe hand God bringeth abundantly.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 12:6, column 1:
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The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.
[…]ſo Moſes finiſhed the worke. Then a cloud couered the Tent of the Congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle. And Moſes was not able to enter into the Tent of the Congregation, becauſe the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle. And when the cloud was taken vp from ouer the Tabernacle, the children of Iſrael went onward in all their iourneys: But if the cloud were not taken vp, then they iourneyed not, till the day that it was taken vp. For the cloud of the Lord was vpon the Tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the ſight of all the houſe of Iſrael, throughout all their iourneys.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 40:33–38, column 2:
- (broadly) The Jewish Temple at Jerusalem (as continuing the functions of the earlier tabernacle).
- Any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship.
- A sukkah, the booth or 'tabernacle' used during the Jewish Feast of Sukkot.
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A small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist, normally located in an especially prominent place in a church.
The tabernacle is to be situated "in churches in a most worthy place with the greatest honor." The dignity, placing, and security of the Eucharistic tabernacle should foster adoration before the Lord really present in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar.
1997, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Part II, Section 1183
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A temporary place of worship, especially a tent, for a tent meeting, as with a venue for revival meetings.
It was over these innocent necessary precautions that the local committees always showed their meanness. They liked giving over only one contribution to the evangelist, but they wanted nothing said about it till they themselves had been taken care of--till the rent of the hall or the cost of building a tabernacle, the heat, the lights, the advertising, and other expenses had been paid.
1927, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 13, in Elmer Gantry:
- (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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tabernacles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
tin tabernacle · tabernacler · Bloggernacle · tabernacular · tabernacle work
Translations (83)
fi sukkah (sukkah) · de Stiftshütte (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · ca tabernacle (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · es tabernáculo (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · he תִּתְמֹכֶת הַתֹּרֶן (nautical: device allowing for the easy folding of a mast) · sv tabernakel (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · hu szent sátor (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · he מִשְׁכָּן (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · fi teltta (sukkah) · it tabernacolo (temporary place of worship, especially a tent) · es tabernáculo (sukkah) · fi saarnateltta (temporary place of worship, especially a tent) · pt sacrário (small ornamented cupboard or box used for the sacrament of the Eucharist) · fi temppeli (any house of worship) · cmn 聖體櫃 /圣体柜 (small ornamented cupboard or box used for the sacrament of the Eucharist) · it tabernacolo (small ornamented cupboard or box used for the sacrament of the Eucharist) · io tabernaklo (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · lv tabernākuls (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · fi tabernaakkeli (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · fi tomumaja (human body as the temporary dwelling place of the soul) · bg подслон (any temporary dwelling, a hut, tent, booth) · id tabernakel (small ornamented cupboard or box used for the sacrament of the Eucharist) · pt tabernáculo (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · tr mişkan (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · pt tabernáculo (small ornamented cupboard or box used for the sacrament of the Eucharist) · pl tabernakulum (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · fr tabernacle (any temporary dwelling, a hut, tent, booth) · fi alttari (any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship) · hi तंबू (any temporary dwelling, a hut, tent, booth) · de Sukka (sukkah) · bg храм (any house of worship) · nl loofhut (sukkah) · nn tabernakel (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · hy խորան (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · es tabernáculo (small ornamented cupboard or box used for the sacrament of the Eucharist) · bg скиния (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · ru ски́ния (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · fi sakramenttikaappi (small ornamented cupboard or box used for the sacrament of the Eucharist) · mi tāpenakara (temporary place of worship, especially a tent) · sh табернакл (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · sh tabernakl (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · de Laubhütte (sukkah) · ru табернакля (temporary place of worship, especially a tent) · fi temppeli (the Jewish Temple at Jerusalem) · nl tabernakel (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · cmn 会幕 (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · bg храм (human body as the temporary dwelling place of the soul) · bg Йерусалимски храм (the Jewish Temple at Jerusalem) · fi Jerusalemin temppeli (the Jewish Temple at Jerusalem) · af tabernakel (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · bg дарохранителница (small ornamented cupboard or box used for the sacrament of the Eucharist) · fi tabernaakkeli (sukkah) · clt thluodaa (any temporary dwelling, a hut, tent, booth) · ro tabernacul (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · fi tilapäisasumus (any temporary dwelling, a hut, tent, booth) · fr tabernacle (any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship) · tl tabernakulo (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · fr tabernacle (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · ml ടാബർനാകിൾ (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · pl tabernakulum (small ornamented cupboard or box used for the sacrament of the Eucharist) · ja 幕屋 (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · fi mastonkaatolaite (nautical: device allowing for the easy folding of a mast) · vo bledaludom (sukkah) · it tabernacolo (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · eo tabernaklo (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · bar Mischkan (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · fr tabernacle (small ornamented cupboard or box used for the sacrament of the Eucharist) · el αρτοφόριο (small ornamented cupboard or box used for the sacrament of the Eucharist) · eu tabernakulu (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · de Tabernakel (small ornamented cupboard or box used for the sacrament of the Eucharist) · la tabernāculum (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · lun isoli (temporary place of worship, especially a tent) · bar Tabernakel (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · fi tabernaakkeli (small ornamented cupboard or box used for the sacrament of the Eucharist) · mi tāpenakara (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · nb tabernakel (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · ja 仮庵 (sukkah) · bg временно жилище (any temporary dwelling, a hut, tent, booth) · he סוכה \ סֻכָּה (sukkah) · de Tabernakel (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · nl tabernakel (small ornamented cupboard or box used for the sacrament of the Eucharist) · uk ски́нія (portable tent used before the construction of the temple) · de Mischkan (portable tent used before the construction of the temple)