tabernacle
English Thesaurus
1. (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation (noun.artifact)
| instance hyponym | : | temple of jerusalem, temple of solomon, |
| definition | : | any of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall (noun.artifact) |
| domain category | : | judaism, |
| definition | : | the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud (noun.cognition) |
2. (Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | sanctuary, |
| definition | : | a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | holy of holies, sanctum sanctorum, |
| definition | : | (Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was kept (noun.artifact) |
| domain category | : | judaism, |
| definition | : | the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud (noun.cognition) |
3. the Mormon temple (noun.artifact)
| instance hypernym | : | temple, |
| definition | : | place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | beehive state, mormon state, ut, utah, |
| definition | : | a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young (noun.location) |
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