tabernacle/ˈtæbɚnækl̩/EtymologyFrom Middle English tabernacle (14th century), from Old French tabernacle, from Latin tabernāculum (“tent, booth, shed”), the diminutive of taberna (“hut, shed”). By surface analysis, taberna + -cle.tabernacle means A place name in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Coffee County, Alabama. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 65 out of 100.tabernacle is pronounced /ˈtæbɚnækl̩/.nameA place name in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Coffee County, Alabama.A place name in the United States:; A township in Burlington County, New Jersey.A place name in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.nounAny temporary dwelling; a hut, tent, or booth.“The tabernacles of robbers proſper, and they that prouoke God are ſecure, into whoſe hand God bringeth abundantly.”The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.“[…]ſo Moſes finiſhed the worke. Then a cloud couered the Tent of the Congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle. And Moſes was not able to enter into the Tent of the Congregation, becauſe the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle. And when the cloud was taken vp from ouer the Tabernacle, the children of Iſrael went onward in all their iourneys: But”The Jewish Temple at Jerusalem (as continuing the functions of the earlier tabernacle).Any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship.A sukkah, the booth or 'tabernacle' used during the Jewish Feast of Sukkot.A small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist, normally located in an especially prominent place in a church.“The tabernacle is to be situated "in churches in a most worthy place with the greatest honor." The dignity, placing, and security of the Eucharistic tabernacle should foster adoration before the Lord really present in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar.”verbTo dwell; to abide for a time.To instill or reside within, as a quality or virtue,“What mortal man cannot determine, that is determined by the Olympian father through his child, in whom are tabernacled loveliness, augustness, strength, and graciousness[…]”