tabernacle

Example Sentences

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Mr. Farnam began to remove the cross from the top of the tabernacle after stealing the relic boxes, but the school said he was “interrupted” before damaging it.

From New York Times

Beside the difference of language, in the Latin Mass the priest faces away from the congregation and instead faces the tabernacle at the front of the church where the Eucharist is kept.

From Washington Post

“People broke in. They overturned statues. They tore down the Stations of the Cross. They desecrated the tabernacle and tried to set the church on fire,” he added.

From Washington Times

She’s said it on her knees before her church’s gold tabernacle and slumped in the embrace of her living room sofa.

From Seattle Times

Both placed the tabernacle’s value into seven figures; the police estimated it around $2 million.

From New York Times