Tabernacle

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–noun 

1. any place or house 

of 

worship, esp. one designed for a large congregation. 



2. (often initial capital letter) the portable sanctuary in use by the Israelites from the time of their wandering in the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt to the building of the Temple in Jerusalem by Solomon. Ex. 25–27. 





3. Ecclesiastical. an ornamental receptacle (容器) for the reserved Eucharist, now generally found on the altar. 

4. a canopied niche or recess, as for an image or icon.

5. a temporary dwelling or shelter, as a tent or hut. (簡陋小屋)

6. a dwelling place.

7. the human body as the temporary abode of the soul. 



Eucharist

【宗】聖餐,聖體

abode

【書】住所,住處



–verb (used with object), verb (used without object) 

8. to place or dwell in, or as if in, a tabernacle. 

Origin:

1200–50; ME < LL tabernāculum, L: tent, equiv. to tabern(a) hut, stall, inn (cf. tavern ) + -āculum, prob. extracted from hibernāculum winter quarters (see hibernaculum )





the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the most Highest. God is in the midst of her. Therefore, shall she not be removed.





heresy

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys [waxes] nostalgic for the far more innocent church scandal of teenage [heresy].

idiosyncratic 

iconoclasm 

sanctimonious 

desecration

Besides, the movie's so full of nods to comics and their creators that the fanboys will find room in their heart to forgive the [de]secration.

sacrilege 

blasphemy profanity 

Dissipate