tabernacles
- n 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
- n the Mormon temple
- n (Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus
- n (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
- Now there is reason to believe that her seductive hallelujahs as a prurient evangelist may well make her the toast of the movie tabernacles.
- Los Angeles County likes to talk about its orange-juice joints, tabernacles, oil wells and graving docks, keep a stiff and silent upper lip over its floods and earthquakes.
- They barnstormed the tabernacles of Canada, China, Australia.