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tabernacle
[ tab-er-nak-uhl ]
/ Ë?tæb É™rËŒnæk É™l /
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noun
verb (used with or without object), tab·er·nac·led, tab·er·nac·ling.
to place or dwell in, or as if in, a tabernacle.
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Origin of tabernacle
First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English, from Late Latin tabernÄ?culum “tent,†equivalent to tabern(a) “hut, stall, inn†+ -Ä?culum, probably extracted from hibernÄ?culum “winter quartersâ€; see origin at tavern, hibernaculum.
OTHER WORDS FROM tabernacle
tab·er·nac·u·lar [tab-er-nak-yuh-ler], /ËŒtæb É™rË?næk yÉ™ lÉ™r/, adjectiveun·tab·er·nac·led, adjectiveWords nearby tabernacle
tabaret, Tabari, Tabasco, tabbouleh, tabby, tabernacle, tabernacle frame, tabernacle mirror, Tabernacles, tabes, tabescent
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British Dictionary definitions for tabernacle
tabernacle
/ (Ë?tæbəˌnækÉ™l) /
noun
Derived forms of tabernacle
tabernacular, adjectiveWord Origin for tabernacle
C13: from Latin tabernÄ?culum a tent, from taberna a hut; see tavern
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