tabernacle

CEFRB2

/ˈtæbɚnækl̩/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A sacred place or container used in worship.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • As the Lord commanded Moses. And Aaron put it in the tabernacle to be kept.

  • The tabernacle was the predecessor of the Temple.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.

  2. Any temporary dwelling; a hut, tent, or booth.

  3. Any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship.

More examples

In context

  • 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.

  • The tabernacles of robbers proſper, and they that prouoke God are ſecure, into whoſe hand God bringeth abundantly.

  • What mortal man cannot determine, that is determined by the Olympian father through his child, in whom are tabernacled loveliness, augustness, strength, and graciousness[…]

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Origin

noun

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.