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.
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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
Near Houston, a tabernacle was stolen and — despite being made of precious metals worth several thousand dollars — turned up a few days later behind a Burger King, intact . . .
—Tommy Valentine, National Review, 13 Jan. 2024
The memory of that other space consecrated her own roving tabernacle of Black performance.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
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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
Near Houston, a tabernacle was stolen and — despite being made of precious metals worth several thousand dollars — turned up a few days later behind a Burger King, intact . . .
—Tommy Valentine, National Review, 13 Jan. 2024
The memory of that other space consecrated her own roving tabernacle of Black performance.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tabernacle
Noun
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The company partners with senior living centers, churches, and insurance providers to offer on-site classes, giving accessibility to those who may not have the resources or mobility to visit a gym.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The latter featured Delroy Lindo in an astonishing Broadway performance as a man battling the internalized power and anguish of the blues and the church.—
Armond White,
National Review,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Huckabee said President Trump instructed him to insert a prayer written by the president into the wall - the last remaining part of a Jewish temple destroyed by the Romans almost 2,000 years ago.—
Hadeel Al-Shalchi,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2025
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Trump interrupts Jesus’s cleansing of the temple to talk Easter pic.twitter.com/6kpY0xZQre — Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) April 13, 2025 More to come.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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Francis and Fernández de Kirchner were unfriendly neighbors in Plaza de Mayo, the central square that hosts both the government headquarters and the cathedral where Francis delivered homilies during much of her presidency from 2007 to 2015.—
Almudena Calatrava and Isabel Debre,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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The collection also pays tribute to late French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, with a commemorative concert marking the 100th anniversary of his birth, and also features the first live concert at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral following its reopening last year.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2025
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In those two pews, America’s civic religion shows itself, with Biden and Trump clearly sitting on different sides of the chapel.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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On Monday evening, Farrell will preside over the ritual of certification of Francis’s death, including the laying of his body in a coffin in the chapel of the Vatican guesthouse where Francis lived.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Tabernacle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tabernacle. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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