tabernakulo
tabernákulo with stress marks
a tabernacle
Usage Note
Tabernakulo comes from Spanish tabernáculo and refers to the ornate container — usually a gold or silver box — that holds the consecrated Eucharist in a Catholic church. It also carries the biblical sense of a portable dwelling for God, and given the Philippines' deeply Catholic culture, the word is known to most Filipinos through religious education.
Examples
" Nasa altar ang tabernakulo. "
Natural Translation
The tabernacle is on the altar.
Literal Translation
At altar the tabernacle.
" Banal ang tabernakulo. "
Natural Translation
The tabernacle is holy.
Literal Translation
Holy the tabernacle.
" Bago magsimula ang Misa, lumuhod ang pari sa harap ng tabernakulo kung saan iniingatan ang banal na ostiya. "
Natural Translation
Before the Mass began, the priest knelt in front of the tabernacle where the holy host is kept.
Literal Translation
Before start the Mass, knelt the priest in-front of tabernacle where kept the holy host.
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