Defn: See Tabard.
TABERNACLE
Tab"er*na*cle, n. [F., fr. L. tabernaculum, dim. of taberna nut. See
Tabern.]
1. A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.
Dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob.
Heb. xi. 9.
Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in winter with a wooden tabernacle and stoves. Evelyn.
2. (Jewish Antiq.) 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. Ex. xxvi.
3. Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship. Acts xv. 16.
4. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul.
Shortly I must put off this my tabernacle. 2 Pet. i. 14.
5. Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept. Specifically: —