Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Shekinah

Shekinah , noun

[Heb Talmud shekīnāh, from shākan to inhabit.]

The visible majesty of the Divine Presence, especially when resting or dwelling between the cherubim on the mercy seat, in the Tabernacle, or in the Temple of Solomon; -- a term used in the Targums and by the later Jews, and adopted by Christians. — Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.)