tabernacle.html - n.
1 hist. a tent used as a sanctuary for the Ark of the Covenant by the Israelites during the Exodus.
2 Eccl. a canopied niche or receptacle esp. for the Eucharistic elements.
3 a place of worship in nonconformist creeds.
4 Bibl. a fixed or movable habitation usu. of light construction.
5 Naut. a socket or double post for a hinged mast that can be lowered to pass under low bridges.

feast of Tabernacles = SUCCOTH.

tabernacled adj. [ME f. OF tabernacle or L tabernaculum tent, dimin. of taberna hut]

tabernacle.html - n.
1 hist. a tent used as a sanctuary for the Ark of the Covenant by the Israelites during the Exodus.
2 Eccl. a canopied niche or receptacle esp. for the Eucharistic elements.
3 a place of worship in nonconformist creeds.
4 Bibl. a fixed or movable habitation usu. of light construction.
5 Naut. a socket or double post for a hinged mast that can be lowered to pass under low bridges.

feast of Tabernacles = SUCCOTH.

tabernacled adj. [ME f. OF tabernacle or L tabernaculum tent, dimin. of taberna hut]

tabernacle.html - n.
1 hist. a tent used as a sanctuary for the Ark of the Covenant by the Israelites during the Exodus.
2 Eccl. a canopied niche or receptacle esp. for the Eucharistic elements.
3 a place of worship in nonconformist creeds.
4 Bibl. a fixed or movable habitation usu. of light construction.
5 Naut. a socket or double post for a hinged mast that can be lowered to pass under low bridges.

feast of Tabernacles = SUCCOTH.

tabernacled adj. [ME f. OF tabernacle or L tabernaculum tent, dimin. of taberna hut]

tabernacle.html - n.
Med.
1 emaciation.
2 locomotor ataxy; a form of neurosyphilis.

tabetic adj. [L, = wasting away]

tabernacle.html - See: KEEP TAB ON or KEEP TABS ON.

tabernacle.html - See: AT THE TABLE or AT TABLE, COFFEE TABLE, PUT ONE'S CARDS ON THE TABLE or LAY ONE'S CARDS ON THE TABLE, TURN THE TABLES, WAIT AT TABLE or WAIT ON TABLE.