Tabernacle
Part of speech: noun
Definition: (Old Testament) The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell. A sukkah, the booth or 'tabernacle' used during the Jewish Feast of Sukkot. A small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist, normally located in an especially prominent place in a Roman Catholic church. A temporary place of worship, especially a tent, for a tent meeting, as with a venue for revival meetings. A hinged device allowing for the easy folding of a mast 90 degrees from perpendicular, as for transporting the boat on a trailer, or passing under a bridge.
Example sentence: The representation of the tabernacle arose out of the temple of Solomon as its root, in dependence on the sacred ark, for which there is early testimony, and which in the time of David, and also before it, was sheltered by a tent.
Temple
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A building for worship.The Jewish temple of Jerusalem, first built by Solomon.(French), Sometimes used to describe a protestant church in French-speaking nations.Something regarded as holding religious presence.Something of importance; something attended to.a bodyOne of the two side pieces of an eyeglasses that crosses the temple and rests upon the ear.The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.
Example sentence: The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.