tabernacle

UK /ˈtæbɚnækl̩/ US /ˈtæbɚnækl̩/
noun 5name 3verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

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.

2

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.

3

The Jewish Temple at Jerusalem (as continuing the functions of the earlier tabernacle).

4

Any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship.

5

A sukkah, the booth or 'tabernacle' used during the Jewish Feast of Sukkot.

verb

1

To dwell; to abide for a time.

name

1

A place name in the United States:

2

A place name in the United States:

3

A place name in the United States:

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