Tabernacle
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Tabernacle
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1 n.
A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.
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2 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.
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3 n.
Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship.
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4 n.
Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul.
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5 n.
Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept.
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6 n.
The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.
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7 n.
A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture.
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8 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.
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9 n.
A tryptich for sacred imagery.
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10 n.
A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.
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11 n.
A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc.
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12 v. i.
To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.
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13 n.
A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.
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14 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.
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15 n.
Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship.
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16 n.
Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul.
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17 n.
Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept.
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18 n.
The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.
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19 n.
A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture.
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20 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.
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21 n.
A tryptich for sacred imagery.
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22 n.
A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.
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23 n.
A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc.
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24 v. i.
To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.