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tabernacle
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synonyms: pyx, monstrance, tryptich ???
tags: [christianity] [judaism]
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Definition:2. (Jewish Antiq.) A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship. Ex. xxvi.3. Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship. Acts xv. 16.4. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul.5. Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept. Specifically: --(a) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.(b) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture.(c) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like.(d) A tryptich for sacred imagery.(e) A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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It happened this young imp to arrive at Naples (a place of more pleasure than profit, and yet of more profit than piety), the very walls and windows whereof, showed it rather to be the tabernacle of Venus, than the Temple of Vesta.
John Lyly. Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578)
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“I was so pleased to hear that you have definitely chosen this neighbourhood to set up your taber...” She was going to say ‘tabernacle’ but it occurred to her that the word was Hebraic and discourteous to a Jew who might see an allusion in it.
Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 3]
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Canon O’Hanlon put the Blessed Sacrament back into the tabernacle and genuflected and the choir sang Laudate Dominum omnes gentes and then he locked the tabernacle door because the benediction was over and Father Conroy handed him his hat to put on
James Joyce. Ulysses
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