Word
Tabernacle
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
tab-er-nac-le
Definition
- n. - A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a
tent.
- 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.
- n. - Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place
for worship.
- n. - Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of
the soul.
- n. - Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or
precious things was deposited or kept.
- n. - The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the
consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.
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