tabernacle

1. n. A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent. Source: opted

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: opted

3. n. Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship. Source: opted

4. n. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul. Source: opted

5. n. Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept. Source: opted

6. n. The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable. Source: opted

7. n. A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture. Source: opted

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: opted

9. n. A tryptich for sacred imagery. Source: opted

10. n. A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy. Source: opted

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: opted

12. v. i. To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed. Source: opted

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