tabernacle

Other forms of tabernacle

plural

tabernacles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tabernacle

What does tabernacle mean?

tabernacle means "the Mormon temple". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tabernacle?

tabernacle has 4 syllables: tab-er-na-cle. The stress falls on "tab". In IPA it is /ˈtæbɚˌnækəl/.

What is another word for tabernacle?

Close synonyms include Mormon Tabernacle, synagogue, temple. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tabernacle a common word?

tabernacle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.