as in church
a building for public worship and especially Christian worship worshippers gathering at the Baptist tabernacle on a bright Sunday morning

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Recent Examples of tabernacle In his hometown of Nashville, Kearney will play the Roman Theatre, a former tabernacle and home to the Grand Ol’ Opry. Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 30 July 2024 Please, oh please, if anyone has that tabernacle or knows of its whereabouts, notify the authorities at once and turn it in at once. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2024 The demand of the people, of the families, of the fallen, must permeate here, must be reflected from here, must become a decree engraved on the walls of this tabernacle. David Isaac, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2024 The history of the concert hall goes back to over a century ago when it was first constructed as a tabernacle for religious gatherings. Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 8 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for tabernacle
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Noun
  • Elsewhere, the election commissioner in Virginia said that a church that had been scheduled to serve as a polling location in Newport News was closed after a vehicle ran through the building on Saturday.
    Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2025
  • But Wolfgang Rothe — a priest and scholar of canon law — says this charge is often pitted at critics within the church.
    Esme Nicholson, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • She’s wowed by a theater production about climate change in Brazil—a moment where Daldry and Martin send up expensive German theater—and has an epiphany at a temple in Kyoto (meditative music is provided by Paul Englishby).
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Often affiliated with the state and temples, these people were typically royalty, high-level bureaucrats and priests.
    Serdar Yalçin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In typical Betsy fashion, the wedding was in a grand cathedral in Paris.
    Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The heist has prompted a national reckoning, with some officials comparing the shock to the 2019 burning of Notre-Dame cathedral.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Back in classes, arranging speech therapy for Jayden and planning a service at the seminary chapel, Rochelle was swamped.
    Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Aside from the large stones, Kinstone also has a labyrinth and a nondenominational chapel.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Tabernacle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tabernacle. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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