- Holy dwellings - A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a
tent. - A portable structure of wooden framework covered with
curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish
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. - The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the
consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable.