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tab·er·nac·le
/ ˈtabərˌnakəl/
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n.
1.
(in biblical use) a fixed or movable habitation, typically of light construction.
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a tent used as a sanctuary for the Ark of the Covenant by the Israelites during the Exodus and until the building of the Temple.
2.
a meeting place for worship used by some Protestants or Mormons.
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an ornamented receptacle or cabinet in which a pyx or ciborium containing the reserved sacrament may be placed in Catholic churches, usually on or above an altar.
∎ archaic
a canopied niche or recess in the wall of a church.
4.
a partly open socket or double post on a sailboat's deck into which a mast is fixed, with a pivot near the top so that the mast can be lowered.
DERIVATIVES:
tab·er·nac·led
adj.
ORIGIN: Middle English: via French from Latin tabernaculum ‘tent,’ diminutive of taberna ‘hut, tavern.’
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Tabernacle Renewed: Third American Classic Organ Symposium in Salt Lake City
Magazine article from: The Tracker; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...CLEAR: IN AN EARTHQUAKE, THE Salt Lake Tabernacle would be in danger. The piers and the...visitors will not see any difference in the Tabernacle-surely the sign of a successful renovation...provide additional space for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, is not normally open to visitors...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Tabernacle timeline
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 4/1/2007; 676 words
; ...years of settlement. The "Old Tabernacle" then served the purpose from 1852-1867, before the oval Salt Lake Tabernacle succeeded it. 1863: Construction...visits Salt Lake and speaks in the Tabernacle. 1919: April general conference...
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Tabernacle.
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 1/28/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...pivots above all on the placement of the tabernacle, the container in which consecrated...the priest could face the people, the tabernacle in most churches was placed in a side...Bring it back!" By removing the tabernacle, they say, the church has effectively...
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Back to the future: The tabernacle in the Book of Exodus
Magazine article from: Interpretation; 7/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...not the details in the account of the tabernacle that make up its significance but the...PENTATEUCH DEVOTES more verses to the tabernacle than to any other object. Within the...and 35:1-40:38 deals with the tabernacle, its furnishings, its priesthood...
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 "Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)")
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BUILT BY THE BOOK TABERNACLE REPLICA USES BIBLE AS BLUEPRINT
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current); 5/30/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Testament, when the Israelites built a tabernacle in the wilderness they didn't have...s precise instructions, from the tabernacle's composition (wooden boards covered...size replica of the Old Testament tabernacle which travels North America for public...
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Where to put the tabernacle?(church architecture: Catholic churches)
Magazine article from: Catholic Insight; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...with a discussion of the place of the tabernacle. The occasion was the June 2000 promulgation...Introduction "Where shall we put the tabernacle?" When building new or renovating...generally two reactions: 1) place the tabernacle in the church proper, preferably in...
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Tabernacle now facing a retrofit
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 10/2/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...for a seismic retrofit of the historic Tabernacle on Temple Square were formally announced...described his love and respect for the Tabernacle, as well as the Salt Lake Temple...the temple, the father, and the Tabernacle, the mother." He said he wants the...
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Not footloose; Mennonite Center's tabernacle hasn't moved since 1975 [Corrected 07/26/02]
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 7/13/2002; ; 683 words
; ...Besides the traveling Old Testament tabernacle opening in Intercourse this month...opportunity to tour a permanent biblical tabernacle in East Lampeter Township since 1975...Mennonite Information Center purchased its tabernacle. The tabernacle was originally built...
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Mormon Tabernacle is Retired as Principal Church Meeting Site.
PR Newswire; 10/4/1999; 700+ words
; Home of World-Renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir Takes Final Bow as Host of Church...Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mormon Tabernacle, for 132 years the spiritual and temporal...under construction a block from the Tabernacle. The Tabernacle will continue as home...
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Display gives inside story of Tabernacle
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 3/31/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...historical lowdown on the newly restored Tabernacle on Temple Square, which will be rededicated...exhibit that opens today. "The Salt Lake Tabernacle: Gathering the Saints Under One Roof...building, focusing on "why we needed a tabernacle, how we built it and how we used it...
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Tabernacle, Mormon
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
TABERNACLE, MORMON TABERNACLE, MORMON. This unique Salt Lake City auditorium, built by the...and 80 feet high, and accommodates nearly 8,000 people. The Tabernacle's most distinctive feature is a nine-foot-thick tortoise...
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tabernacle
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
tabernacle A portable sanctuary . There are instructions to build a tabernacle in Exod. (25: 8 ff.) and it is duly built...17), there would have been mention of the tabernacle if it was being carried. Since this account forms...
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Tabernacle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Tabernacle , in the Bible, the portable holy place...Covenant. In the Book of Numbers, the Tabernacle is referred to as the "Tent of Meeting...for divine revelation to Moses. The Tabernacle rested in Shiloh before it was finally...
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Aquarian Tabernacle Church
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Aquarian Tabernacle Church Founded in 1979, the Aquarian Tabernacle originated as a small group of Pagans in greater Seattle...archpriest and archpriestess for the church. The Aquarian Tabernacle Church teaches what can be thought of as a consensus...
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Feast of Tabernacles
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Feast of Tabernacles one of the oldest and most joyous...seven days in Israel). The Feast of Tabernacles, which marked the closing of the...conjunction with prayers of the Feast of Tabernacles possibly go back to the harvest festival...
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