Tabor
Encyclopedia
Places
- Mount Tabor (disambiguation)
- TáborTáborTábor is a city of the Czech Republic, in the South Bohemian Region. It is named after Mount Tabor, which is believed by many to be the place of the Transfiguration of Christ; however, the name became popular and nowadays translates to "camp" or "encampment" in the Czech language.The town was...
, Czech Republic- TaboriteTaboriteThe Taborites were members of a religious community considered heretical by the Catholic Church. The Taborites were centered on the Bohemian city of Tábor during the Hussite Wars in the 15th century. The religious reform movement in Bohemia splintered into various religious sects...
, member of a 15th century Czech religious group considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church
- Taborite
- Tabor, Slovenia, town and municipality
- Tabor, MariborTabor, MariborTabor is a suburb of the city of Maribor in Slovenia.-References:...
, a neighbourhood of Maribor, Slovenia - Tabor, IowaTabor, IowaTabor is a city in Fremont and Mills counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 993 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Tabor is located at ....
, USA - Tabor, Minnesota, an unincorporated community in Tabor Township, Polk County, Minnesota
- Tabor, South DakotaTabor, South DakotaTabor is a town in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 423 at the 2010 census.-History:The first Czech immigrants started arriving in Dakota Territory in 1868, and settled west of Yankton. These poor people from Bohemia came to America with hope of improving their...
, USA - Tabor, VictoriaTabor, VictoriaTabor is a regional locality in Shire of Southern Grampians in the Western District of Victoria, Australia named after Tábor in Bohemia now part of the Czech Republic....
, Australia - Tabor IslandMaria Theresa ReefThe Maria-Theresa Reef is a supposed reef in the South Pacific ; it appears to be a phantom reef. It is also known as Tabor Island or Tabor Reef on French maps.-Reports:...
, a phantom island also known as Maria Theresa Reef - Tabor, Masovian VoivodeshipTabor, Masovian VoivodeshipTabor is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Celestynów, within Otwock County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland....
in east-central Poland
Organizations
- Tabor Science CollegeTabor Science CollegeTabor Science College is a specialist status high school located in Braintree, Essex, England. Its Headmaster, Steven T. Clark, was one of the youngest Heads in Britain.-History:...
, a school located in Braintree, Essex, England - Tabor AcademyTabor AcademyTabor Academy is a highly selective independent preparatory school located in Marion, Massachusetts, United States. Tabor is known for its marine science courses...
, an independent preparatory school in Massachusetts, USA - Tabor College, AustraliaTabor College, AustraliaTabor College, originally called The House of Tabor, in Australia, began as a Christian tertiary college offering a range of courses from certificate to post-graduate studies in the areas of counseling, education, ministry, performing arts, mission, youth studies and humanities in Adelaide. It...
, a national multicampus Christian liberal arts institution - Tabor College, KansasTabor College, KansasTabor College is a four-year Christian liberal arts college in Hillsboro, Kansas, United States. It was founded in 1908 by members of the Mennonite Brethren and Krimmer Mennonite Brethren Christian churches...
, a four-year Christian liberal arts institution in Hillsboro, Kansas
Personal names
- David TaborDavid TaborDavid Tabor was a British physicist who coined the word tribology for the study of frictional interaction between surfaces.He was Professor of Physics in the University of Cambridge, then Emeritus professor...
, physicist - Glenna W. Tabor, M.Ed., the creator of Tabor RotationTabor RotationTabor Rotation is a differentiated, instructional strategy for teaching mathematics at the K-12 and Middle School levels. Tabor rotation uses small heterogeneous, collaborative,student-led groups rotating through learning stations. This is done several times a week...
- Harry Zvi TaborHarry Zvi TaborHarry Zvi Tabor is an Israeli physicist. He is known as the father of Israeli solar energy. He is generally credited with having brought Israel's solar energy program to international prominence.- Background :...
, Israeli physicistPhysicistA physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
. - Horace A. W. Tabor, a nineteenth-century millionaire miner and U.S. senator
- James TaborJames TaborJames D. Tabor is Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he has taught since 1989. He previously held positions at Ambassador College , the University of Notre Dame , and the College of William and Mary .-Background:Tabor was born in...
, New Testament and religious studies scholar - Jeremy Tabor, lead guitarist for American rock band The Sammus Theory
- June TaborJune TaborJune Tabor is an English folk singer.- Early years :June Tabor was inspired to sing by hearing Anne Briggs' EP Hazards of Love in 1965. "I went and locked myself in the bathroom for a fortnight and drove my mother mad. I learned the songs on that EP note for note, twiddle for twiddle. That's how I...
, English singer, predominantly of folk music - Joan TaborJoan TaborThis is an article about the US actress. For the English folksinger see June Tabor.Joan Tabor was an US film and TV actress.She was born on September 16, 1932, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA....
, US film and TV actress - Stanisław Tatar ("Tabor"), chief of staff of the Armia Krajowa
- Ty TaborTy TaborTy Tabor is the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-lead vocalist for the progressive metal band, King's X....
, lead guitarist, songwriter, and backup-vocalist for the band King's X - Tabor (character), in the animated television series Swat Kats
Religion
- A Tabor is a stand/holder for a MonstranceMonstranceA monstrance is the vessel used in the Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, and Anglican churches to display the consecrated Eucharistic host, during Eucharistic adoration or Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Created in the medieval period for the public display of relics, the monstrance today is...
while the Blessed SacramentBlessed SacramentThe Blessed Sacrament, or the Body and Blood of Christ, is a devotional name used in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Old Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches, to refer to the Host after it has been consecrated in the sacrament of the Eucharist...
is exposed during Eucharistic AdorationEucharistic adorationEucharistic adoration is a practice in the Roman Catholic Church, and in a few Anglican and Lutheran churches, in which the Blessed Sacrament is exposed to and adored by the faithful....
, 40 Hours devotion, and other such activities. - Tabor Evangelical Church (Berlin-Hohenschönhausen)Tabor Church (Berlin-Hohenschönhausen)Tabor Church is the church of the Evangelical Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Congregation, a member of today's Protestant umbrella organisation Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia . The church building is located in Berlin, borough Lichtenberg, in the locality of...
- Tabor Evangelical Church (Berlin-Kreuzberg)Tabor ChurchTabor Church is the church of the Evangelical Tabor Congregation, a member of the Protestant umbrella organisation Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia. The church building is located in Berlin, borough Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, in the quarter Outer Luisenstadt or...
- Tabor Evangelical Church (Berlin-Wilhelmshagen)Tabor Church (Berlin-Wilhelmshagen)Tabor Church is one of the three churches of the Evangelical Berlin-Rahnsdorf Congregation, a member of today's Protestant umbrella organisation Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia. The church building is located in the quarter Wilhelmshagen, locality Rahnsdorf,...
- Mount Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church (Crownsville, Maryland)
- Mount Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church (West Liberty, Ohio)Mount Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church (West Liberty, Ohio)The Mount Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church building located along State Route 245 near West Liberty in Salem Township, Champaign County, Ohio, United States. Built in 1881 in the Gothic Revival style of architecture, it served a congregation formed in the 1810s...
Acronym
- Taxpayer Bill of RightsTaxpayer Bill of RightsThe Taxpayer Bill of Rights is a concept advocated by conservative and free market libertarian groups, primarily in the United States, as a way of limiting the growth of government...
(TABOR), a statewide referendum question adopted in Colorado and proposed in Maine
Other
- Tabor (formation), a type of a camp or military formation
- Tabor (Morocco)Tabor (Morocco)A tabor is a Moroccan military term used to describe a formation of three or four goums. A goum in this case is equivalent to a Company and a tabor would thereby be equivalent to a Battalion...
, a type of a military unit in Morocco - Tabor (instrument)Tabor (instrument)Tabor, or tabret, refers to a portable snare drum played with one hand. The word "tabor" is simply an English variant of a Latin-derived word meaning "drum" - cf. tambour , tamburo...
, a snare drum - Tarrant TaborTarrant Tabor- See also :* Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 - a design by Barling for a similar aircraft for the US Army- External links :* http://avia.russian.ee/air/england/tarrant_tabor.php* http://members.aol.com/wwatrans/unique.htm...
, a very large aircraft of the early 20th century