tabernacle

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) Being assured that the laying away of this my tabernacle is at hand.

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  1. noun The portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant through the desert.
  2. noun A case or box on a church altar containing the consecrated host and wine of the Eucharist.
  3. noun A place of worship.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin tabernāculum, from Latin, tent, diminutive of taberna, hut; see tavern.

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  1. from Middle English tabernacle, from Old French (and F.) tabernacle = Provencal tabernacle = Spanish tabernáculo = Portuguese tabernaculo = Italian tabernacolo, from Latin tabernaculum, a tent, Late Latin (Vulgate) the Jewish tabernacle, diminutive of taberna, a hut, shed, booth; from the same root as tabula, a table, tablet: see tavern, table.
  2. from tabernacle, n.
 

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/ˈtæbərnəkl/
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