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Noun: Tabernacles
  1. A major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness
    - Succoth, Sukkoth, Succos, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles
Noun: tabernacle  'ta-bu`na-kul
  1. (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
    - synagogue, temple, shul
     
  2. A socket for holding a sailing boat's mast
Noun: Tabernacle
  1. The Mormon temple
    - Mormon Tabernacle
     
  2. (Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus

Type of: church festival, house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, Jewish holy day, place of worship, religious festival, sanctuary, temple

Part of: Beehive State, Mormon State, Tishri, UT, Utah

Encyclopedia: Tabernacle, NJ Tabernacle Tabernacle, Saint Kitts and Nevis Tabernacle, New Jersey

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