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
André called his wardrobe his armor, his tabernacle and his sanctuary.
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Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 13 Dec. 2025
What was public was the box, a small tabernacle on the sidewalk, and the tears that were sneaking up on me.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Renovation plans to this tabernacle feature a mental wellness center and a workout room.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2025
Miller also noted that the original tabernacle of the church survived, along with 17th-century lead coffins that visitors can view under a glass floor.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
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Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 13 Dec. 2025
What was public was the box, a small tabernacle on the sidewalk, and the tears that were sneaking up on me.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Renovation plans to this tabernacle feature a mental wellness center and a workout room.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2025
Miller also noted that the original tabernacle of the church survived, along with 17th-century lead coffins that visitors can view under a glass floor.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tabernacle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tabernacle
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The backstory This all started with a man who loved antiques, and a decision to import a church from Vietnam without a clear idea of what to do with it—plus a love story.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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Visitors are not just stepping inside a historic church, but into a building still being completed by later generations of architects, craftspeople and engineers.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Among those who participated in one of the discussions was a leader from the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, where there was a similar shooting, and a Sikh leader from Wisconsin, where seven people were shot and killed at a Sikh temple 14 years ago.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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So these are collections of shophouses with a Chinese Taoist temple, usually at the heart of it in the Unesco site.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 May 2026
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Set the scene This red-brick Palladian pile is right at the foot of the looming Rock of Cashel, one of Ireland’s most famous historic sites, with its Romanesque chapel, roofless cathedral and pencil-shaped round tower.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Highlights include the Gothic cathedral and the Alcázar, with its Mudéjar palaces and gardens.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Camp Lucy was born when former antiques dealer and real estate developer Whit Hanks restored the ornate chapel on his family’s property in 2008.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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On the right is a pool and two tennis courts, and in the distance there's a small white clapboard chapel.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 May 2026
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“Tabernacle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tabernacle. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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