tabernacle

Meaning of tabernacle

noun
  1. (in biblical use) a fixed or movable dwelling, typically of light construction.
  2. a meeting place for worship used by Nonconformists or Mormons.
  3. an ornamented receptacle or cabinet in which a pyx containing the reserved sacrament may be placed in Catholic churches, usually on or above an altar.
  4. a partly open socket or double post on a sailing boat's deck into which a mast is fixed, with a pivot near the top so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges.

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

Information about tabernacle

Hyphenation of tabernacle

taber-na-cle

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • tabernacle is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

tabernacle synonyms

Meaning Tabernacle:

Tabernacle

Meaning synagogue:

synagogue, temple

Translation of tabernacle

Words that rhyme with tabernacle

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