TABERNACLE

Tabernacle

The Tabernacle, according to the Hebrew Bible, was the portable dwelling place for the divine presence from the time of the Exodus from Egypt through the conquering of the land of Canaan. Built to specifications revealed by God to Moses at Mount Sinai, it accompanied the Israelites on their wanderings in the wilderness and their conquest of the Promised Land. The First Temple in Jerusalem superseded it as the dwelling-place of God. There is no mention of the Tabernacle in the Tanakh after the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple by the Babylonians in 587 BCE.

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tabernacle

Noun

  1. any temporary dwelling, a hut, tent, booth.
  2. The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.
  3. The Jewish Temple at Jerusalem (as continuing the functions of the earlier tabernacle).
  4. Any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship
  5. A sukkah, the booth or 'tabernacle' used during the Jewish Feast of Sukkot.
  6. A small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist, normally located in an especially prominent place in a Roman Catholic church.
  7. A temporary place of worship, especially a tent, for a tent meeting, as with a venue for revival meetings.
  8. Any house of worship; .
  9. Any abode or dwelling place, or especially the human body as the temporary dwelling place of the soul, or life.
  10. A hinged device allowing for the easy folding of a mast 90 degrees from perpendicular, as for transporting the boat on a trailer, or passing under a bridge.


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