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Tabernacle
Tabernacle
n.
A
slightly
built
or
temporary
habitation
;
especially
, a
tent
.
Tabernacle
n.
A
portable
structure
of
wooden
framework
covered
with
curtains
,
which
was
carried
through
the
wilderness
in
the
Israelitish
exodus
, as a
place
of
sacrifice
and
worship
.
Tabernacle
n.
Hence
,
the
Jewish
temple
;
sometimes
,
any
other
place
for
worship
.
Tabernacle
n.
Figuratively
:
The
human
body
, as
the
temporary
abode
of
the
soul
.
Tabernacle
n.
Any
small
cell
, or
like
place
, in
which
some
holy
or
precious
things
was
deposited
or
kept
.
Tabernacle
n.
The
ornamental
receptacle
for
the
pyx
, or
for
the
consecrated
elements
,
whether
a
part
of a
building
or
movable
.
Tabernacle
n.
A
niche
for
the
image
of a
saint
, or
for
any
sacred
painting
or
sculpture
.
Tabernacle
n.
Hence
, a
work
of
art
of
sacred
subject
,
having
a
partially
architectural
character
, as a
solid
frame
resting
on a
bracket
, or
the
like
.
Tabernacle
n.
A
tryptich
for
sacred
imagery
.
Tabernacle
n.
A
seat
or
stall
in a
choir
,
with
its
canopy
.
Tabernacle
n.
A
boxlike
step
for
a
mast
with
the
after
side
open
, so
that
the
mast
can
be
lowered
to
pass
under
bridges
,
etc
.
Tabernacle
v. i.
To
dwell
or
reside
for
a
time
; to be
temporary
housed
.
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