tabernacle English · revision 919

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈtæbənækl̩/ ''(UK)''; /ˈtæbɚnækl̩/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|tabernacle]], [[bor|fro|tabernacle]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) [[der|la-lat|tabernāculum|t=tent]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) a diminutive of [[la|taberna|t=hut, booth]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) It is related to [[tavern]].^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The portable sanctuary carried by the Israelites in the wilderness (c. 1250).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word passed by the late 14th century to the Temple in Jerusalem, which continued the functions of the tabernacle,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and in biblical language to any dwelling place, including the human body as the temporary home of the soul.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) By the late 15th century it named a receptacle for the Eucharist.^(Etymonline) The sense of a house of worship, often a temporary one or one distinct from a church, dates from the 1690s,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995) especially of Nonconformist chapels (1768).^(Etymonline) The Jewish ''Feast of Tabernacles'' commemorates the Israelites' life in tents.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1250 – the Israelites' portable sanctuary.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1382 – a temporary dwelling, and ''Feast of Tabernacles''.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1388 – the Temple in Jerusalem.^(OED 1989)

+ * late 15th century – a receptacle for the Eucharist.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1690s – a house of worship.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(often capitalized)'' The portable [[sanctuary]] in which the Israelites carried the [[Ark of the Covenant]] through the wilderness; also, the Jewish Temple.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An ornamental box on a church altar containing the consecrated host of the [[Eucharist]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A place of worship, especially a large building or tent for evangelistic meetings.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A canopied niche for a statue or relic.^(AHD)^(RHWU)

+ # ''(archaic)'' A temporary dwelling; a tent or hut.^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To dwell for a time; to take up temporary residence.^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tabernacular]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tavern]]

+ * [[sanctuary]]

+ * [[temple]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}