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.