Tab"er*na*cle (?), n. [F., fr. L.
tabernaculum, dim. of taberna nut. See Tabern.]
1. A slightly built or temporary habitation;
especially, a tent.
Dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and
Jacob.
Heb. xi. 9.
Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in winter
with a wooden tabernacle and stoves.
Evelyn.
2. (Jewish Antiq.) A portable structure of
wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the
wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and
worship. Ex. xxvi.
3. Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other
place for worship. Acts xv. 16.
4. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary
abode of the soul.
Shortly I must put off this my
tabernacle.
2 Pet. i. 14.
5. Any small cell, or like place, in which some
holy or precious things was deposited or kept. Specifically: --
(a) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for
the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or
movable.
(b) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any
sacred painting or sculpture.
(c) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having
a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket,
or the like.
(d) A tryptich for sacred imagery.
(e) A seat or stall in a choir, with its
canopy.
6. (Naut.) A boxlike step for a mast with
the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges,
etc.
Feast of Tabernacles (Jewish Antiq.), one
of the three principal festivals of the Jews, lasting seven days, during
which the people dwelt in booths formed of the boughs of trees, in
commemoration of the habitation of their ancestors in similar dwellings
during their pilgrimage in the wilderness. -- Tabernacle
work, rich canopy work like that over the head of niches,
used over seats or stalls, or over sepulchral monuments. Oxf.
Gloss.
Tab"er*na*cle, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Tabernacled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tabernacling (?).] To dwell or reside for a time; to be
temporary housed.
He assumed our nature, and tabernacled among us in
the flesh.
Dr. J. Scott.
Tab"er*na*cle (?), n. [F., fr. L.
tabernaculum, dim. of taberna nut. See Tabern.]
1. A slightly built or temporary habitation;
especially, a tent.
Dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and
Jacob.
Heb. xi. 9.
Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in winter
with a wooden tabernacle and stoves.
Evelyn.
2. (Jewish Antiq.) A portable structure of
wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the
wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and
worship. Ex. xxvi.
3. Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other
place for worship. Acts xv. 16.
4. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary
abode of the soul.
Shortly I must put off this my
tabernacle.
2 Pet. i. 14.
5. Any small cell, or like place, in which some
holy or precious things was deposited or kept. Specifically: --
(a) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for
the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or
movable.
(b) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any
sacred painting or sculpture.
(c) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having
a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket,
or the like.
(d) A tryptich for sacred imagery.
(e) A seat or stall in a choir, with its
canopy.
6. (Naut.) A boxlike step for a mast with
the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges,
etc.
Feast of Tabernacles (Jewish Antiq.), one
of the three principal festivals of the Jews, lasting seven days, during
which the people dwelt in booths formed of the boughs of trees, in
commemoration of the habitation of their ancestors in similar dwellings
during their pilgrimage in the wilderness. -- Tabernacle
work, rich canopy work like that over the head of niches,
used over seats or stalls, or over sepulchral monuments. Oxf.
Gloss.
Tab"er*na*cle, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Tabernacled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tabernacling (?).] To dwell or reside for a time; to be
temporary housed.
He assumed our nature, and tabernacled among us in
the flesh.
Dr. J. Scott.
