Meaning & use
Tabernacling
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Dwelling or residing temporarily, as if in a tent, especially in religious or literary contexts.
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The poem speaks of the divine spirit tabernacling among ordinary people.
Early Israelite tribes are described as tabernacling in the wilderness during their journey.
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Rooted in the Latin 'tabernaculum' (tent), the verb echoes biblical imagery of a temporary divine dwelling among the Israelites.
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