[noun] [C] [formal] old use - a place of worship(formal old use) For the Jews in ancient times, a tabernacle was a type of tent moved from place to place and used for worship.(formal old use) Tabernacle is also used by some Christian groups to mean a church and, by Roman Catholics, to mean the box in a church in which the holy bread and wine is kept.
TABERNACLE
Meaning of TABERNACLE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012