Tabernacle (disambiguation)

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Tabernacle can mean:

• The biblical Tabernacle, the mishkan, a worship tent or other movable worship facility which the Israelites used during the Exodus and the time of the Book of Judges.

• Church tabernacles, a small cupboard, chest or cabinet in which the consecrated hosts are kept.

• In architecture, a canopied niche, often used for housing statues.

• An alternative word for a shrine, temple or chapel.

• The early Methodists of the eighteenth century called their chapels 'Tabernacles', the most famous of which was George Whitefield's London 'Tabernacle', formerly situated in Moorfields.

• The place of worship for American camp meetings (which originated during the Second Great Awakening) was usually called the tabernacle. Often it was open-sided to accommodate overflow crowds, and might have roll-up screens or netting on the sides for shade or insect protection.

• In Christian camps and singing schools, a permanent outdoor wallless pavilion where worship services or singings are conducted.

• Large churches associated with famous preachers or revivalists such as Charles Spurgeon's Metropolitan Tabernacle (which sat 6,000) in London and Leslie Maxwell's Prairie (later Maxwell Memorial) Tabernacle [1] (which sat 4,300), and was, from 1954 to 2005, Canada's largest relgious auditorium and the campus church of Prairie Bible College, Three Hills, Alberta.

• The Salt Lake Tabernacle. A building owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

• The nautical term for a fitting or receptacle to which the base of a mast is secured.

• A concert venue in Atlanta, GA

• A town in New Jersey.