tabernacle

The portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant through the desert.

A case or box on a church altar containing the consecrated host and wine of the Eucharist.

A place of worship.

A niche for a statue or relic.

A boxlike support in which the heel of a mast is stepped.

To sojourn or abide for a time; take up a temporary habitation or residence.

A tent; a pavilion; a booth; a slightly constructed habitation or shelter, either fixed or movable; hence, a habitation in general, especially one regarded as temporary; a place of sojourn; a transient abode.

In Biblical phraseology, the human frame as the temporary abode of the soul, or of man as a spiritual immortal being.

In Jewish hist., a tent constructed to serve as the portable sanctuary of the nation before its final settlement in Palestine.

Hence A place or house of worship; especially, in modern use, an edifice for public worship designed for a large audience: often now the distinctive name assumed for such an edifice.