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Noun: tabernacle  'ta-bu,na-kul
  1. (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
    "They attended services at the local tabernacle";
    - synagogue, temple, shul
     
  2. A socket or fitting for holding a sailing boat's mast, allowing it to be lowered
    "The tabernacle made it easier to pass under low bridges"
Noun: Tabernacle
  1. (Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus
     
  2. A Mormon meeting place
    - Salt Lake Tabernacle, Mormon Tabernacle

Derived forms: Tabernacles, tabernacles

Type of: house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, place of worship, sanctuary, temple

Part of: Beehive State, Mormon State, UT, Ut., Utah

Encyclopedia: Tabernacle, Notting Hill