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   tab·er·nac·le

   /ˈtabərˌnak(ə)l/

   noun

   • 1. (in biblical use) a fixed or movable habitation, typically of light construction.
   • ▪ a tent used as a sanctuary for the Ark of the Covenant by the Israelites during the Exodus and until the building of the Temple.
   • 2. a meeting place for worship used by some Protestants or Latter-day Saints (Mormons).
   • 3. an ornamented receptacle or cabinet in which a pyx or ciborium containing the reserved sacrament may be placed in Catholic churches, usually on or above an altar.
   • ▪ a canopied niche or recess in the wall of a church. archaic
   • 4. a partly open socket or double post on a sailboat's deck into which a mast is fixed, with a pivot near the top so that the mast can be lowered.

   Word Origin Middle English: via French from Latin tabernaculum ‘tent’, diminutive of taberna ‘hut, tavern’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tabernacled adjective

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