tabernacle
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tabernacle¹
- /ˈtæbɚnækl̩/ US
- /ˈtæbənækl̩/ UK
Where it comes from
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.
noun tabernacles
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 buildin
- Any house of worship, especially a Mormon meetinghouse.
- 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.
verb tabernacles · tabernacling · tabernacled
- To dwell; to abide for a time.
- To instill or reside within, as a quality or virtue, What mortal man cannot determine, that is determined by the Olympian father through his child, in whom are tabernacled loveliness, augustness, strength, and graciousness[…]
Tabernacle²
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Coffee County, Alabama.
- A township in Burlington County, New Jersey.
- An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sukkoth, succos, sanctuary, shrine, temple, chapel, church, oratory, sanctum, altar, reliquary, meetinghouse, synagogue, basilica, cathedral, mosque
Translations
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noun any temporary dwelling, a hut, tent, booth
| हिन्दी | तंबू tambū |
|---|---|
| Français | tabernacle |
noun portable tent used before the construction of the temple
| Español | tabernáculo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 幕屋 makuya |
| 中文 | 会幕 huì mù |
| Português | tabernáculo |
| Français | tabernacle |
| Deutsch | Tabernakel, Stiftshütte, Mischkan |
| Italiano | tabernacolo |
| Română | tabernacul |
| Русский | ски́ния skínija |
| עברית | מִשְׁכָּן mishkán |
noun any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship
| Français | tabernacle |
|---|
noun sukkah
| Español | tabernáculo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 仮庵 kari-io |
| Deutsch | Laubhütte, Sukka |
| עברית | סוכה \ סֻכָּה suká |
noun small ornamented cupboard or box used for the sacrament of the Eucharist
| Español | tabernáculo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 聖體櫃 /圣体柜 shèngtǐguì |
| Português | tabernáculo, sacrário |
| Français | tabernacle |
| Deutsch | Tabernakel |
| Italiano | tabernacolo |
| Ελληνικά | αρτοφόριο artofório |
noun temporary place of worship, especially a tent
| Italiano | tabernacolo |
|---|---|
| Русский | табернакля tabernaklja |
noun nautical: device allowing for the easy folding of a mast
| עברית | תִּתְמֹכֶת הַתֹּרֶן titmokhet hatoren |
|---|
Talk about this word "tabernacle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tabernacle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tabernacle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tabernacle "tabernacle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tabernacle.Cite this
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title = {tabernacle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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