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tabernacle
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
TABERNACLE
n.[L. tabernaculum, a tent, from taberna, a shop or shed, from tabula, a board; or rather from its root. See Table. ] 1. A tent. Numbers 24:5; Matthew 17:4.
2. A temporary habitation.
3. Among the Jews, a movable building, so contrived as to be taken to pieces with ease and reconstructed, for the convenience of being carried during the wanderings of the Israelites in the wilderness. It was of a rectangular figure, thirty cubits long, ten broad, and ten high. The interior was divided into two rooms by a vail or curtain, and it was covered with four different spreads or carpets.
It is also applied to the temple. Psalm 15:1.
4. A place of worship; a sacred place.
5. Our natural body. 2 Corinthians 5:1; 2 Peter 1:13 -14.
6. God's gracious presence, or the tokens of it. Revelation 21:3.
7. An ornamented chest placed on Roman catholic altars as a receptacle of the ciborium and pyxis.
TABERNACLE
v.i.To dwell; to reside for a time; to be housed; as we say, Christ tabernacled in the flesh.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TABERNACLE
Tab "er *na *cle, n. [F., fr. L. tabernaculum, dim. of taberna nut. See Tabern.]
1. A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.
Dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob. Heb. xi. 9.
Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in winter with a wooden tabernacle and stoves. Evelyn.
2. (Jewish Antiq.) A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship. Ex. xxvi.
3. Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship. Acts xv. 16.
4. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul.
Shortly I must put off this my tabernacle. 2 Pet. i. 14.
5. Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept. Specifically: --
(a ) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.
(b ) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture.
(c ) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like.
(d ) A tryptich for sacred imagery.
(e ) A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.
6. (Naut. ) A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc.
Feast of Tabernacles (Jewish Antiq.), one of the three principal festivals of the Jews, lasting seven days, during which the people dwelt in booths formed of the boughs of trees, in commemoration of the habitation of their ancestors in similar dwellings during their pilgrimage in the wilderness. -- Tabernacle work, rich canopy work like that over the head of niches, used over seats or stalls, or over sepulchral monuments. Oxf. Gloss.
TABERNACLE
Tab "er *na *cle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tabernacled; p. pr. & vb. n.Tabernacling.]
Defn: To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.
He assumed our nature, and tabernacled among us in the flesh. Dr. J. Scott.
New American Oxford Dictionary
tabernacle
tab er nac le |ˈtabərˌnakəl ˈtæbərˌnækəl | ▶noun 1 (in biblical use ) a fixed or movable habitation, typically of light construction. • a tent used as a sanctuary for the Ark of the Covenant by the Israelites during the Exodus and until the building of the Temple. 2 a meeting place for worship used by some Protestants or Mormons. 3 an ornamented receptacle or cabinet in which a pyx or ciborium containing the reserved sacrament may be placed in Catholic churches, usually on or above an altar. • archaic a canopied niche or recess in the wall of a church. 4 a partly open socket or double post on a sailboat's deck into which a mast is fixed, with a pivot near the top so that the mast can be lowered. DERIVATIVES tab er nac led adjective ORIGIN Middle English: via French from Latin tabernaculum ‘tent, ’ diminutive of taberna ‘hut, tavern. ’
tabernacle clock
tab ¦er |nacle clock ▶noun a small clock having a metal case in the form of a tower.
Oxford Dictionary
tabernacle
tabernacle |ˈtabəˌnak (ə )l | ▶noun 1 (in biblical use ) a fixed or movable dwelling, typically of light construction. • a tent used as a sanctuary for the Ark of the Covenant by the Israelites during the Exodus and until the building of the Temple. 2 a meeting place for worship used by Nonconformists or Mormons. 3 an ornamented receptacle or cabinet in which a pyx containing the reserved sacrament may be placed in Catholic churches, usually on or above an altar. • archaic a canopied niche or recess in the wall of a church. 4 a partly open socket or double post on a sailing boat's deck into which a mast is fixed, with a pivot near the top so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges. DERIVATIVES tabernacled adjective ORIGIN Middle English: via French from Latin tabernaculum ‘tent ’, diminutive of taberna ‘hut, tavern ’.
tabernacle clock
tab ¦er |nacle clock ▶noun a small clock having a metal case in the form of a tower.
French Dictionary
tabernacle
tabernacle n. m. nom masculin Petite armoire sur l ’autel, destinée à recevoir le ciboire.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
tabernacle
tab er nac le /tǽbə r næ̀k (ə )l /名詞 C 1 〖the T- 〗〘聖書 〙幕屋 〘古代ユダヤのテント式の移動神殿 〙.2 〘宗 〙大礼拝堂 ; (非英国教徒の )礼拝所 .3 〘宗 〙聖櫃 （せいひつ ） 〘祭壇にある聖体を保存する箱 〙; (聖像を安置する )天蓋 （てんがい ）付き壁龕 （へきがん ）.動詞 自動詞 仮住まいする .
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