tabernakel

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch tabernakel, from Middle Dutch tabernakel, from Latin tabernaculum, diminutive of taberna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌta.bərˈnɑː.kəl/

Noun

tabernakel (plural tabernakels)

  1. tabernacle (tent used as temple)

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tabernakel, from Latin tabernaculum, diminutive of taberna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtaːbərˈnaːkəl/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ber‧na‧kel
  • Rhymes: -aːkəl

Noun

tabernakel m or n (plural tabernakels or tabernakelen, diminutive tabernakeltje n)

  1. tabernacle (tent used as temple)
  2. tabernacle (cupboard for storing consecrated hosts in Catholic churches)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: tabernakel
  • Indonesian: tabernakel

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch tabernakel, from Middle Dutch tabernakel, from Latin tabernaculum, diminutive of taberna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ta‧bêr‧na‧kêl

Noun

tabêrnakêl (first-person possessive tabernakelku, second-person possessive tabernakelmu, third-person possessive tabernakelnya)

  1. tabernacle,
    1. (Catholicism) 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.
    2. (Jewish) The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.
    3. (Jewish) The Jewish Temple at Jerusalem (as continuing the functions of the earlier tabernacle).

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

 tabernakel on Norwegian Wikipedia
 tabernakelet on Norwegian Wikipedia
 tabernakel (kristendom) on Norwegian Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin tabernaculum, diminutive of taberna.

Noun

tabernakel n (definite singular tabernakelet or tabernaklet, indefinite plural tabernakel or tabernakler, definite plural tabernakla or tabernaklene)

  1. (biblical, ecclesiastical) a tabernacle

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin tabernaculum.

Noun

tabernakel n (definite singular tabernakelet, indefinite plural tabernakel, definite plural tabernakla)

  1. (biblical, ecclesiastical) a tabernacle

References

Swedish

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Noun

tabernakel n

  1. (biblical, ecclestiastical) a tabernacle
  2. (Roman Catholicism) a tabernacle
    Synonym: sakramentsskåp

Declension

Declension of tabernakel 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tabernakel tabernaklet tabernakel, tabernakler tabernaklen, tabernaklerna
Genitive tabernakels tabernaklets tabernakels, tabernaklers tabernaklens, tabernaklernas

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