| 释义 |
‖ tabot|taˈbot|
[Ge‘ez: cf. taboot1.]
A box, representing the Ark of the Covenant, which stands on the altar in an Ethiopian church.
1682J. P. Gent tr. Ludolphus's New Hist. Ethiopia iii. vi. 294 In the Sanctuary stands the Holy Table, which they call..Manbar... Upon this they place the sacred vessels. First the Tabot, or Chest..an Oblong Quadrangular Table, upon which the Dish and Cup are set. 1710F. Tellez Trav. Jesuits in Ethiopia iii. x. 242 We restore you the Faith of your Fore-Fathers. The former Clergy-Men may return to their Churches, put in their Tabotes, and say Masses. 1834S. Gobat Jrnl. Three Years' Residence in Abyssinia ii. 243 A church, when there is no ‘tabot’ in it, is no more to them than a common house. 1923Blackw. Mag. Aug. 256/2 It [sc. the Abyssinian Church] venerates an object called the tabot, which is the replica of the Ark of the Covenant. 1968E. Ullendorff Ethiopia & Bible ii. 83 Criticisms levelled against the Ethiopians on account of their tabot-centred worship. |