tabernacle

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Synonyms: hibernacle, tabernacles, tabernacled, bernacle, hybernacle

Antonyms: hibernacle, tabernacles, tabernacled, bernacle, hybernacle

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Noun

Any temporary [[dwelling]]; a hut, tent, or booth.
{{lb|en|Bible}} The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the [[shekinah]] (presence of God) was believed to dwell.
{{lb|en|by extension}} 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]].
{{lb|en|Roman Catholicism}} A small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist, normally located in an especially prominent place in a church.
{{lb|en|originally|Methodism}} A temporary [[place]] of [[worship]], especially a tent, for a [[tent meeting]], as with a venue for revival meetings.
{{lb|en|by extension}} Any [[house of worship]], especially a [[Mormon]] meetinghouse.
{{lb|en|figuratively}} Any abode or dwelling place, ''or especially'' the human body as the temporary dwelling place of the soul, or life.
{{lb|en|nautical}} 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.

{{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[dwell]]; to [[abide]] for a time.
{{lb|en|intransitive|figurative}} To [[instill]] or [[reside]] within, as a [[quality]] or [[virtue]],

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