tabernacle
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 临时房屋,帐篷,(灵魂)暂附肉体,礼拜堂,神龛,壁龛
- vt.
- 把...置于神龛
- vi.
- 暂居
构词拆分
演变路径(由近及远)
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 tabernacle
- 源自 ←古法语 tabernacle
- 源自 ←拉丁语 tabernāculum “tent, booth, shed”
原始词根
原始印欧语 *treb-
词源说明
释义(英文)
名词 Noun
- Any temporary dwelling; a hut, tent, or booth.
- (biblical) The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.
- (by extension) The Jewish Temple at Jerusalem (as continuing the functions of the earlier tabernacle).
- Any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship.
- A sukkah, the booth or 'tabernacle' used during the Jewish Feast of Sukkot.
- (Roman Catholicism) A small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist, normally located in an especially prominent place in a church.
- (originally Methodism) A temporary place