tabernacle vs temple

tabernacle

noun
  • Any house of worship, especially a Mormon church. 

  • Any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship. 

  • Any temporary dwelling; a hut, tent, or booth. 

  • A hinged device allowing for the easy folding of a mast 90 degrees from perpendicular, as for transporting the boat on a trailer, or passing under a bridge. 

  • Any abode or dwelling place, or especially the human body as the temporary dwelling place of the soul, or life. 

  • The Jewish Temple at Jerusalem (as continuing the functions of the earlier tabernacle). 

  • The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell. 

  • A sukkah, the booth or 'tabernacle' used during the Jewish Feast of Sukkot. 

  • A small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist, normally located in an especially prominent place in a church. 

  • A temporary place of worship, especially a tent, for a tent meeting, as with a venue for revival meetings. 

verb
  • To dwell; to abide for a time. 

temple

noun
  • As opposed to an LDS meetinghouse, a church closed to non-Mormons and necessary for particular rituals. 

  • Any place regarded as holding a religious presence. 

  • A gesture wherein the forefingers are outstretched and touch pad to pad while the other fingers are clasped together. 

  • Anything regarded as important or minutely cared for. 

  • The slightly flatter region, on either side of the human head, behind of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear. 

  • A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely. 

  • Synonym of synagogue, especially a non-Orthodox synagogue. 

  • A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith. 

  • A Buddhist monastery, as opposed to a Shinto shrine. 

  • A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members. 

  • Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them. 

  • Any place seen as an important centre for some activity. 

verb
  • To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; to temple a god 

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