habitacle

noun

1. A dwelling or habitation.

   obsolete

   And I believe assuredly that this congregation, according as it is called in scripture, so it is in very deed the city of heavenly Jerusalem, the mother of all the elect people of God, the only dove, and the only beloved of God, in perfect and everlasting charity, the holy catholic church, the temple or habitacle of God, the pure and undefiled espouse of Christ, the very mystical body of Christ.

Where it comes from

From Middle English habitacle, from Middle French habitacle, from Latin habitāculum (“dwelling place”). See binnacle, habit (verb), inhabit.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry habitacle (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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