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
Noun
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Treva Edwards, 61, founded and ran a church named Jesus is Lord by the Holy Ghost in the Newark suburb of Orange.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
21 May 2026
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Both Catholic and Protestant Europe built imposing churches to the glory of their versions of God, and bells were their voices.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Ahsoka sends Din to an ancient Jedi temple site, where Grogu can meditate so a Jedi will find him.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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The retreat also features sound healing temples, sunset BBQs, fire ceremonies, saunas and cold plunges.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2026
Noun
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Danluck traveled to that cathedral, set up lights in the ruins, and built a scene around him — not to recreate the battle, but to recreate the feeling.—
Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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This, of course, was Pussy Riot, the performance artists and anti–Vladimir Putin activists who, since 2012, have disrupted a World Cup final, a Winter Olympics, and—most famous and at great cost—a Russian Orthodox cathedral in Moscow.—
Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
Noun
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There’s also a chapel, a VIP room and storage area.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
20 May 2026
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The groom shared a laugh with his big brother William in the chapel ahead of Harry’s nuptials.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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“Tabernacle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tabernacle. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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