tabernacle

[ tab-er-nak-uhl ]

/ ˈtæb ərˌnæk əl /

Save This Word!

See synonyms for tabernacle on Thesaurus.com

noun

any place or house of worship, especially one designed for a large congregation.

(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. Exodus 25–27.

Ecclesiastical. an ornamental receptacle for the reserved Eucharist, now generally found on the altar.

a canopied niche or recess, as for an image or icon.

a temporary dwelling or shelter, as a tent or hut.

a dwelling place.

the human body as the temporary abode of the soul.

verb (used with or without object), tab·er·nac·led, tab·er·nac·ling.

to place or dwell in, or as if in, a tabernacle.

QUIZ

CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?

There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?

Question 1 of 7

Which sentence is correct?

His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of tabernacle

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English, from Late Latin tabernāculum “tent,” equivalent to tabern(a) “hut, stall, inn” + -āculum, probably extracted from hibernāculum “winter quarters”; see origin at tavern, hibernaculum.

OTHER WORDS FROM tabernacle

tab·er·nac·u·lar

[tab-er-nak-yuh-ler], /ˌtæb ərˈnæk yə lər/, adjectiveun·tab·er·nac·led, adjective

Words nearby tabernacle

tabaret, Tabari, Tabasco, tabbouleh, tabby, tabernacle, tabernacle frame, tabernacle mirror, Tabernacles, tabes, tabescent

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use tabernacle in a sentence

The Buffalo News described him a regular at the State Tabernacle Church of God where he would welcome people in.
The Lives Lost in a Buffalo Supermarket|Sanya Mansoor|May 16, 2022|Time
While there has been a plethora of virtual classes offering fitness routines, yoga and guided exercises, there are some who are religiously committed to actually showing UP to the tabernacles of gains.
Clean, Lean, Mean Machines: 5 Super COVID-Safe Gyms|Joshua Eferighe|August 28, 2020|Ozy
King says in a sermon a month later at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama.
Tavis Smiley Humanely Chronicles MLK’s Sad Last Year|Scott Porch|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He could hire the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to follow Gingrich around singing “Once, Twice, Three Times a Lady” at campaign stops.
Eight Ways Mitt Romney Could Beat Newt Gingrich|Michelle Cottle|December 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST

In this tabernacle were people in black and white from ages past, present, and future.
Emmy’s Stealth Frontrunner|Jace Lacob|August 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But you carried a tabernacle for your Moloch, and the image of your idols, the star of your god, which you made to yourselves.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Tabernacle was in the distance, while men and women waded through the soggy snows to be the first to reach the train.
The White Desert|Courtney Ryley Cooper
Given in the presence of the sheriff, of Ba'tiste Renaud, of myself, and the various citizens of Tabernacle that you see here?
The White Desert|Courtney Ryley Cooper
Then I went to Tabernacle and learned that he had bought a ticket for Boston, and that he had left on a morning train.
The White Desert|Courtney Ryley Cooper
That tabernacle he had never seen; that ark he knew had long vanished out of sight.
Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews|Handley C.G. Moule

British Dictionary definitions for tabernacle

tabernacle

/ (ˈtæbəˌnækəl) /

noun

(often capital) Old Testament

the portable sanctuary in the form of a tent in which the ancient Israelites carried the Ark of the Covenant (Exodus 25–27)
the Jewish Temple regarded as the shrine of the divine presence

Judaism an English word for sukkah

a meeting place for worship used by Mormons or Nonconformists

a small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist

the human body regarded as the temporary dwelling of the soul

mainly RC Church a canopied niche or recess forming the shrine of a statue

nautical a strong framework for holding the foot of a mast stepped on deck, allowing it to be swung down horizontally to pass under low bridges, etc

Derived forms of tabernacle

tabernacular, adjective

Word Origin for tabernacle

C13: from Latin tabernāculum a tent, from taberna a hut; see tavern

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tabernacle

Origin of tabernacle

OTHER WORDS FROM tabernacle

Words nearby tabernacle

Words related to tabernacle

How to use tabernacle in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for tabernacle

Derived forms of tabernacle

Word Origin for tabernacle