tabernacle
- IPA[ˈtabərˌnak(ə)l]
美式
- (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.
noun: tabernacle, plural noun: tabernacles
- 釋義
名詞
- 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.
- ▪ archaic a canopied niche or recess in the wall of a church.
- 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.
