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tabernacle
tabernacle A portable sanctuary. There are instructions to build a tabernacle in Exod. (25: 8 ff.) and it is duly built (Exod. 35: 10 ff.). When completed it consisted of two compartments, the inner being the Holy of Holies containing the Ark. The narrative puts the episode, improbably, into the wilderness period, and describes how Levites had to take down and reassemble this complicated structure every time the people moved on (Num. 1: 51). The amounts of gold and silver used sound incredible; and surely when the people are said to cross the River Jordan (Josh. 3: 17), there would have been mention of the tabernacle if it was being carried.
Since this account forms part of the P source, it seems likely that details of the Jerusalem Temple have been transposed into the description of the wilderness tabernacle. But not all the narrative is retrojection. There is also a ‘tent of meeting’ described in Exod. (33: 7–11) which appears to be an alternative account of the tabernacle and is probably more in accordance with the facts. The Priestly source has perhaps coalesced the memories of a wilderness sanctuary with a theological and idealized concept based on knowledge of the Jerusalem Temple. The ‘tent of meeting’ was a simple, easily movable, structure in which a single minister could operate. According to P this is the location for the divine presence, or the shekhinah. (Exod. 40: 34–8). In the NT there are references to the tabernacle in Heb. (8: 2, 5; 9: 21)—the true tabernacle is in heaven—and in Stephen's speech (Acts 7: 44–50), where Solomon's Temple is contrasted unfavourably with the ancient tabernacle made according to the pattern of the one in heaven. It is also possible that the Exod. narrative lies behind John 1: 14—where the Greek is literally ‘the Word…tabernacled among us’. |
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "tabernacle." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "tabernacle." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-tabernacle.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "tabernacle." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-tabernacle.html |
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tabernacle
tab·er·nac·le / ˈtabərˌnakəl/ • n. 1. (in biblical use) a fixed or movable habitation, typically of light construction. ∎ 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. 3. 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." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "tabernacle." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-tabernacle.html "tabernacle." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-tabernacle.html |
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Tabernacle
Tabernacle Portable shrine used by the Hebrews for worship during their wanderings in Sinai. It was a rectangular tent covered with a curtain of goat's hair and a layer of animal skins and roofed with a ceiling of linen tapestry. Inside the Tabernacle, the space divided into two rooms: the outer room was the Holy Place, and the inner was the Holy of Holies, where God was believed to be present. The Holy of Holies contained the Ark of the Covenant, above which was a slab of gold believed to be the throne of God. After the Hebrews settled Canaan, there was no further need for the Tabernacle. Eventually its relics transferred to the Temple built by Solomon in Jerusalem. In the Christian Church, a tabernacle is a receptacle in which the Blessed Sacrament is reserved for the Eucharist, or a recess used for spiritual contemplation.
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Tabernacle
Tabernacle , in the Bible, the portable holy place of the Hebrews during their desert wanderings. It was a tent, like the portable tent-shrines used by ancient Semites, set up in each camp; eventually it housed the Ark of the Covenant. In the Book of Numbers, the Tabernacle is referred to as the "Tent of Meeting" when it functioned as the place for divine revelation to Moses. The Tabernacle rested in Shiloh before it was finally placed in Jerusalem. David kept the Ark of the Covenant inside it. During Solomon's reign, the Tabernacle was replaced by the Temple as a sign that God had given his people rest from their wandering. The term is also applied to the small receptacle, used in the Roman Catholic Church, in which the Host in the ciborium is reserved on the altar. |
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"Tabernacle." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Tabernacle." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Tabernac.html "Tabernacle." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Tabernac.html |
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tabernacle
tabernacle in biblical use, a fixed or movable habitation, typically of light construction; 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. The word is recorded from Middle English, and comes via French from Latin tabernaculum ‘tent’, diminutive of taberna ‘hut, tavern’.
From the late 15th century, the term has also been used to denote an ornamented receptacle or cabinet in which a pyx containing the reserved sacrament may be placed in Catholic churches, usually on or above an altar. Feast of Tabernacles another name for succoth. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "tabernacle." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "tabernacle." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-tabernacle.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "tabernacle." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-tabernacle.html |
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tabernacle
tabernacle, a wooden or metal trunk fixed to the deck of a sailing vessel to support a mast which has its heel at deck level and is not stepped below decks. It is used when it is necessary occasionally to lower the mast to deck level, as in inland waters for passing under bridges etc. The mast is pivoted on a steel pin which passes through the top of the tabernacle, the forward side of the tabernacle being left open to allow the heel of the mast to swing forward as the mast is lowered aft. A slightly different fitting, known as a lutchet but serving the same purpose, is used in spritsail barges and wherries.
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"tabernacle." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "tabernacle." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-tabernacle.html "tabernacle." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-tabernacle.html |
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Tabernacle
Tabernacle (Heb., mishkan). The portable sanctuary constructed by the Hebrew people in the wilderness. Exodus 25–31 and 35–40 describe the construction of the tabernacle, and Numbers 3. 25 ff. and 4. 4 ff. discuss its furnishings and the duties of the Levites (see LEVI).
In Christianity the word was originally applied to a variety of canopied structures in a church building, but most usually refers to an ornamental receptacle or cupboard for the reserved sacrament. |
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JOHN BOWKER. "Tabernacle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Tabernacle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Tabernacle.html JOHN BOWKER. "Tabernacle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Tabernacle.html |
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tabernacle
tabernacle.
1. Portable shrine, originally a curtained tent, containing the Jewish Ark of the Covenant. 2. Cupboard with doors containing the consecrated Host on an altar. 3. Pyx. 4. Any canopied niche containing an image. 5. Shrine or canopied tomb. 6. Baldacchino or ciborium. 7. Place of worship distinguished from a church, e.g. meeting-house, especially one with no architectural pretensions, for Nonconformist Protestants. |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "tabernacle." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "tabernacle." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-tabernacle.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "tabernacle." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-tabernacle.html |
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Tabernacle (Jewish)
Tabernacle (Jewish), also called the ‘tent of meeting’. The portable shrine said to have been constructed under Moses' direction during the wilderness wanderings. Theologically it was held to embody the presence of God in the midst of His people. The writer of Heb. used the imagery of the Tabernacle to explain the meaning of Christ's atoning work (cf. Heb. 1:9–10:25).
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Tabernacle (Jewish)." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Tabernacle (Jewish)." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-TabernacleJewish.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Tabernacle (Jewish)." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-TabernacleJewish.html |
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tabernacle
tabernacle tent containing the Ark of the Covenant; canopied structure XIII; tent (gen.), dwelling-place (esp. temporary) XIV; place of worship (not a church) XVII. — (O)F. tabernacle or L. tabernāculum tent, booth, dim. of taberna TAVERN.
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T. F. HOAD. "tabernacle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "tabernacle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-tabernacle.html T. F. HOAD. "tabernacle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-tabernacle.html |
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Tabernacle (Christian)
Tabernacle (Christian). The word now denotes the box placed on the altar which contains the vessels in which the Blessed Sacrament is reserved in RC churches. See also RESERVATION.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Tabernacle (Christian)." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Tabernacle (Christian)." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-TabernacleChristian.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Tabernacle (Christian)." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-TabernacleChristian.html |
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Tabernacle
Tabernacleof bakers: a company of bakers—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486. |
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"Tabernacle." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Tabernacle." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301543.html "Tabernacle." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301543.html |
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