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n. A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent. (Jewish Antiq.) A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelites exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship. Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul. Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept.

Specifically: - (a) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable. (b) A niche for ...