The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2400 page)

 
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Tabar
:
(Muslim scholar):

see
AL-TABAR
.

 
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(Heb.,
mishkan
). The portable
sanctuary
constructed by the Hebrew people in the wilderness. Exodus 25–31 and 35–40 describe the construction of the tabernacle, and Numbers 3. 25 ff. and 4. 4 ff. discuss its furnishings and the duties of the Levites (see
LEVI
).
In Christianity the word was originally applied to a variety of canopied structures in a church building, but most usually refers to an ornamental receptacle or cupboard for the
reserved sacrament
.

 
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see
SUKKAH
.

 
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see UMM AL-KIT
B.

 
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