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Tabernacles

Any temporary dwelling; a hut, tent, or booth.

📖 Definitions of "Tabernacles"

noun
  1. 1

    Any temporary dwelling; a hut, tent, or booth.

  2. 2

    The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.

  3. 3

    (by extension) The Jewish Temple at Jerusalem (as continuing the functions of the earlier tabernacle).

  4. 4

    Any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship.

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