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Another word for tabernacle

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Noun
      1. A temporary withdrawal from or halting as of work, business, or study
      2. (Anat.) A small cavity, hollow, indentation, etc. in an organ or part
      3. An indentation or small hollow:
      1. A place or structure esteemed for its importance or centrality as in history or the arts
      2. Any site or structure used in worship or devotion; esp., an area or a temple or templelike structure used in the worship of one or more deities
      3. A container or receptacle for sacred relics; a reliquary.
      1. (Eccles.) A case or other container in which relics are kept and displayed for veneration
      2. A receptacle, such as a coffer or shrine, for keeping or displaying sacred relics.
    See also:

    church

    temple

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Sentence Examples

  • 4) where for a time the tabernacle was deposited (2 Chron.

  • They are richly carved, and are frequently surmounted by canopies of tabernacle work.

  • Spurgeon preached habitually at the Tabernacle on Sundays and Thursdays.

  • These recognize two altars, which by the authors of this portion of the Pentateuch are placed from the first in the tabernacle in the wilderness - a theory which is inconsistent with the other evidences of the nature of the earlier Hebrew worship, to which we have just alluded.

  • St Mary's Roman Catholic cathedral is a beautiful building; but perhaps the most notable ecclesiastical building in Hobart is the great Baptist tabernacle in Upper Elizabeth Street.

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