tabernacle

Meaning

Noun

1. Any temporary dwelling; a hut, tent, or booth.
2. The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.
3. (broadly) 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.
6. A small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist, normally located in an especially prominent place in a church.
7. A temporary place of worship, especially a tent, for a tent meeting, as with a venue for revival meetings.
8. (broadly) Any house of worship, especially a Mormon meetinghouse.
9. (figuratively) Any abode or dwelling place, or especially the human body as the temporary dwelling place of the soul, or life.
10. 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.

Verb

To dwell; to abide for a time.

Synonyms

shrine

synagogue

🕍

tent

⛺

temple

church

⛪

altar

recess

reliquary

sanctuary

scene

enshrine

stage

chapel

chantry

canopy

dwelling place

dwelling-place

baldaquin

ostensory

Tabernacle

Translations

tabernacle

tabernáculo

tabernacolo

tabernakel

Tabernakel

tabernáculo

tent

⛺

Stiftshütte

σκηνή

çadır

⛺

τσαντήρι

Mischkan

Laubhütte

das

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtæbɚnækl̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tabernacle

In summary

From Middle English tabernacle (14th century), from Old French tabernacle, from Latin tabernāculum (“tent, booth, shed”), the diminutive of taberna (“hut, shed”).