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Tabernacle   /tˈæbərnˌækəl/   Listen
Tabernacle

noun
1.
The Mormon temple.  Synonym: Mormon Tabernacle.
2.
(Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus.
3.
(Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation.  Synonyms: synagogue, temple.



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"Tabernacle" Quotes from Famous Books



... opinion to himself there is no reason why the world in general should ever learn the truth. Certainly it shall be my life work to prevent it; and maybe when in the years to come I am passing the plate in some far suburban tabernacle of worship, all will be forgotten. Helen, may I trouble you to ...
— White Ashes • Sidney R. Kennedy and Alden C. Noble
... towards the chapel of the Sacrament. With that dignity of which no internal storm could rob his refined bearing and the lofty beauty of his face, he sank upon his knees at the desk which stands in the centre of the chapel, between the four columns, under the lamp, raising his eyes to the tabernacle. ...
— The Saint • Antonio Fogazzaro
... to fail. My eyes do ache at times, my dear, I have thought of all that. You will be my adopted child; not that I can leave you anything in my will, but I would provide a home for you while I am left in this tabernacle of the flesh. What do ...
— Wild Kitty • L. T. Meade
... uncomfortable that last Christmas, as a surprise for the children, we divided the room into two halves with a curtain between. Their half is made pretty with pictures and texts, painted in blue on pale brown wood. The children call this part of the room the Tabernacle. The part beyond the curtain is the ...
— Lotus Buds • Amy Carmichael
... Locust-wood is very durable, and, as it will bear exposure to all kinds of weather, it is much used in shipbuilding and as posts for gates. It is thought that the shittah and shittim wood of the Bible, of which Moses made the greater part of the tables, altars and planks of the tabernacle, was the same as the black acacia found in the deserts of Arabia and about Mount Sinai and the mountains which border on the Red Sea, and is so hard and solid ...
— Among the Trees at Elmridge • Ella Rodman Church


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