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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob. --Heb.
                                                    xi. 9.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in
              winter with a wooden tabernacle and stoves.
                                                    --Evelyn.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for
        worship. --Acts xv. 16.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of
        the soul.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Shortly I must put off this my tabernacle. --2 Pet.
                                                    i. 14.
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     5. Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or
        precious things was deposited or kept. Specifically: 
        [1913 Webster]
        (a) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the
            consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or
            movable.
            [1913 Webster]
        (b) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred
            painting or sculpture.
            [1913 Webster]
        (c) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a
            partially architectural character, as a solid frame
            resting on a bracket, or the like.
            [1913 Webster]
        (d) A tryptich for sacred imagery.
            [1913 Webster]
        (e) A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     6. (Naut.) A boxlike step for a mast with the after side
        open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under
        bridges, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Feast of Tabernacles (Jewish Antiq.), one of the three
        principal festivals of the Jews, lasting seven days,
        during which the people dwelt in booths formed of the
        boughs of trees, in commemoration of the habitation of
        their ancestors in similar dwellings during their
        pilgrimage in the wilderness.
  
     Tabernacle work, rich canopy work like that over the head
        of niches, used over seats or stalls, or over sepulchral
        monuments. --Oxf. Gloss.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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:
        (a) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the
            consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or
            movable.
        (b) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred
            painting or sculpture.
        (c) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a
            partially architectural character, as a solid frame
            resting on a bracket, or the like.
        (d) A tryptich for sacred imagery.
        (e) A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.
  
     6. (Naut.) A boxlike step for a mast with the after side
        open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under
        bridges, etc.
  
     Feast of Tabernacles (Jewish Antiq.), one of the three
        principal festivals of the Jews, lasting seven days,
        during which the people dwelt in booths formed of the
        boughs of trees, in commemoration of the habitation of
        their ancestors in similar dwellings during their
        pilgrimage in the wilderness.
  
     Tabernacle work, rich canopy work like that over the head
        of niches, used over seats or stalls, or over sepulchral
        monuments. --Oxf. Gloss.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  Feast of Tabernacles
       n : (Judaism) a Jewish harvest festival [syn: Succos, Sukkoth,
            Feast of Booths, Tabernacles]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  Feast of Tabernacles /fˈiːst ɒv tˈabənəkəlz/
  Laubhüttenfest 
     Synonym: Feast of Booths
  
   see: feast day, church feast, feast, Feast of the Resurrection, Feast of All Saints, Feast of All Hallows, Feast of Christ the King, Feast of Corpus Christi
  

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  Feast of Tabernacles /fiːstɔftæbənæklz/
  Cenopegias, Fiesta de los Tabernáculos

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