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Noun: Tabernacles
  1. (Judaism) 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

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

Part of: Tishri

Encyclopedia: Tabernacles, Feast of

Tabernacle, Notting Hill