Tabernacle

Home > ... > Philosophy and Religion > The Bible > Biblical Proper Names > ...

Essential reading Compare
side-by-side The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

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.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1E1-Tabernac" title="Facts and information about Tabernacle">Tabernacle</a>

Give this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"Tabernacle." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 24 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"Tabernacle." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (December 24, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Tabernac.html

"Tabernacle." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Tabernac.html

Learn more about citation styles

tabernacle

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

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.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1O27-tabernacle" title="Facts and information about Tabernacle">Tabernacle</a>

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

T. F. HOAD. "tabernacle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 24 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

T. F. HOAD. "tabernacle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (December 24, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-tabernacle.html

T. F. HOAD. "tabernacle." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved December 24, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-tabernacle.html

Learn more about citation styles

Related entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries and thesauruses

Rate these entries|See all related entries

Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Tabernacle. Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 1/28/2000
	Ogden Pioneer Days 75th Anniversary Celebration Announces Availability of Mormon Tabernacle Choir Concert Tickets. Business Wire; 6/1/2009
	Mormon Tabernacle Choir marks 80th broadcast year News Wire article from: AP Online; 7/20/2009

Facts and information from other sites

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, and more

	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...
	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...
	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...
	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...
	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...
	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...
	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...
	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...
	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...
	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...