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Tabernacles

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tab⋅er⋅nac⋅le

  [tab-er-nak-uhl] noun, verb, -led, -ling.
–noun
1. any place or house of worship, esp. one designed for a large congregation.
2. (often initial capital letter) the portable sanctuary in use by the Israelites from the time of their wandering in the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt to the building of the Temple in Jerusalem by Solomon. Ex. 25–27.
3. Ecclesiastical. an ornamental receptacle for the reserved Eucharist, now generally found on the altar.
4. a canopied niche or recess, as for an image or icon.
5. a temporary dwelling or shelter, as a tent or hut.
6. a dwelling place.
7. the human body as the temporary abode of the soul.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
8. to place or dwell in, or as if in, a tabernacle.
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Origin:
1200–50; ME < LL tabernāculum, L: tent, equiv. to tabern(a) hut, stall, inn (cf. tavern ) + -āculum, prob. extracted from hibernāculum winter quarters (see hibernaculum )

Related forms:
tab⋅er⋅nac⋅u⋅lar  [tab-er-nak-yuh-ler] , adjective
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tab·er·na·cle   (tāb'ər-nāk'əl)   
n.  

  1. often Tabernacle The portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant through the desert.

  2. often Tabernacle A case or box on a church altar containing the consecrated host and wine of the Eucharist.

  3. A place of worship.

  4. A niche for a statue or relic.

  5. Nautical A boxlike support in which the heel of a mast is stepped.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin tabernāculum, from Latin, tent, diminutive of taberna, hut; see tavern.]
tab'er·nac'u·lar (-nāk'yə-lər) adj.
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Word Origin & History

tabernacle 
c.1250, "portable sanctuary carried by the Israelites in the wilderness," from O.Fr. tabernacle (12c.), from L. tabernaculum "tent," especially "a tent of an augur" (for taking observations), dim. of taberna "hut, cabin, booth" (see tavern). Transfered 1388 to the Temple in Jerusalem (which continued its function). Sense of "house of worship" first recorded 1693. The Jewish Feast of Tabernacles (mid-October) was observed as a thanksgiving for harvest.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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