Definitions for the word "tabernacle" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
A tryptich for sacred imagery.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v. i.
To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
1 hist. Tent used as a sanctuary by the israelites during the exodus. 2 niche or receptacle, esp. For the eucharistic elements. 3 nonconformist meeting-house. [latin: related to *tavern]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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