Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tabernacles
1 sense of tabernacles
Sense 1
Succoth, Sukkoth, Succos, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles, Tabernacles -- (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)
=> religious festival, church festival -- (a festival having religious significance)
=> Jewish holy day -- (a religious holiday for Jews)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tabernacle
3 senses of tabernacle
Sense 1
Tabernacle, Mormon Tabernacle -- (the Mormon temple)
INSTANCE OF=> temple -- (place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity)
Sense 2
Tabernacle -- ((Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus)
=> sanctuary -- (a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept)
Sense 3
synagogue, temple, tabernacle -- ((Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation)
=> place of worship, house of prayer, house of God, house of worship -- (any building where congregations gather for prayer)