tabernacle

Noun
  1. The Mormon temple (synset 104385929)
    is an instance of: temple - place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
    is a part of: beehive state, mormon state, ut, ut., utah - a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young
    same as: mormon tabernacle
  2. (Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus (synset 104385738)
    referred to in: judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
    is a type of: sanctuary - a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
    has: holy of holies, sanctum sanctorum - (Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was kept
  3. (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation (synset 104381822)
    referred to in: judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
    is a type of: house of god, house of prayer, house of worship, place of worship - any building where congregations gather for prayer
    specific instances: temple of jerusalem, temple of solomon - 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
    same as: synagogue, temple

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