tabernacles

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

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Noun
  • Norman rule helped shape both our churches and our laws, not to mention the language that this sentence is written in.
    John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The portable, retractable cream stick delivers warmth and definition rather than a wash of color, blending easily across the cheekbones, temples, and other areas where the sun naturally hits.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
  • While Mormon temples may be a common sight in many cities across the United States, the average American might not realize how much land is owned by the Mormon Church.
    Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • For more than a century, college football has inspired the building of vast concrete-and-steel on-campus cathedrals — only for the names on the blueprints to become historical footnotes.
    Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The interior is like a step into Italy, with tall arches, a dome ceiling from old cathedrals and a mosaic fountain on the back bar, all surrounded by bronze sculptures.
    Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
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“Tabernacles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tabernacles. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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