tab·er·na·cle
ˈta-bər-ˌna-kəl 
1
: a house of worship
specifically
: a large building or tent used for evangelistic services
2
: a receptacle for the consecrated elements of the Eucharist
especially
: an ornamental locked box used for reserving the Communion hosts
3
a
often capitalized
: a tent sanctuary used by the Israelites during the Exodus
b
archaic
: a dwelling place
c
archaic
: a temporary shelter : tent
tabernacled; tabernacling
ˈta-bər-ˌna-k(ə-)liŋ
: to take up temporary residence
especially
: to inhabit a physical body
Examples of tabernacle in a Sentence
Noun
worshippers gathering at the Baptist tabernacle on a bright Sunday morning
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Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 30 July 2024
Please, oh please, if anyone has that tabernacle or knows of its whereabouts, notify the authorities at once and turn it in at once.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2024
Near Houston, a tabernacle was stolen and — despite being made of precious metals worth several thousand dollars — turned up a few days later behind a Burger King, intact . . .
—Tommy Valentine, National Review, 13 Jan. 2024
The memory of that other space consecrated her own roving tabernacle of Black performance.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
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Noun
In his hometown of Nashville, Kearney will play the Roman Theatre, a former tabernacle and home to the Grand Ol’ Opry.
—Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 30 July 2024
Please, oh please, if anyone has that tabernacle or knows of its whereabouts, notify the authorities at once and turn it in at once.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2024
Near Houston, a tabernacle was stolen and — despite being made of precious metals worth several thousand dollars — turned up a few days later behind a Burger King, intact . . .
—Tommy Valentine, National Review, 13 Jan. 2024
The memory of that other space consecrated her own roving tabernacle of Black performance.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
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“Tabernacle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tabernacle. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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