Tabernacles - English meaning

noun

(in biblical use) a fixed or movable dwelling, typically of light construction.

Usage examples:

During this festival, the hebrews dwelled in booths or tabernacles made of branches, which symboliz…

noun

A meeting place for worship used by nonconformists or mormons.

noun

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.

Usage examples:

The enormous crucifix fixed on the wall behind the altar and above the golden tabernacle portrayed …

noun

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.

noun

A meeting place for worship used by nonconformists or latter-day saints (mormons).

Usage examples:

When i want consciousness expansion, i go to my local tabernacle and i sing!

noun

A place of religious worship

Usage examples:

We stopped for a prayer meeting at a tabernacle.