tabernacles

noun

1. 1.Any temporary dwelling; a hut, tent, or booth.
2. 2.The portable tent used before the construction of the temple, where the shekinah (presence of God) was believed to dwell.
3. 3.(by extension) The Jewish Temple at Jerusalem (as continuing the functions of the earlier tabernacle).
4. 4.Any portable shrine used in heathen or idolatrous worship.
5. 5.A sukkah, the booth or 'tabernacle' used during the Jewish Feast of Sukkot.