While some tabernacles are still used for a few ecclesiastical and community cultural activities, stake centers are now normally used in their place.
Tabernacles were typically built as endeavors of multiple congregations (termed wards or branches), usually at the stake level.
Tabernacles are customarily lined with, if not constructed from, cedar wood, whose aromatic qualities discourage insect life.
The "quadri" or frames are flanked by tabernacles containing figures that symbolize moral or aesthetic virtues.
The night before the tabernacle's opening, she prays for guidance.
The use of candles or tabernacles was banned by canon law, with the only appointed adornment being a white linen cloth.
Tabernacles have generally been made of metal (such as bronze or brass), or sometimes of heavy wood.
After its clandestine distribution, the document was hidden by many congregations in their tabernacles for protection.
