Definition of Sanctum sanctorum

1. Noun. A place of inviolable privacy. "He withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go"

Exact synonyms: Sanctum
Generic synonyms: Retreat

2. Noun. (Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was kept.
Exact synonyms: Holy Of Holies
Generic synonyms: Sanctuary
Group relationships: Tabernacle
Category relationships: Judaism

Definition of Sanctum sanctorum

1. Noun. The Holy of Holies in the Jewish temple. ¹

2. Noun. A person's most private retreat or sanctuary. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sanctum Sanctorum

sanctioning
sanctionless
sanctions
sanctities
sanctitude
sanctitudes
sanctity
sanctuaries
sanctuarize
sanctuarized
sanctuarizes
sanctuarizing
sanctuary
sanctuarylike
sanctum
sanctum sanctorum (current term)
sanctum santorum
sanctums
sanctus
sanctus bell
sand
sand-art
sand-blind
sand-crack
sand-grouse
sand-martin
sand art
sand badger
sand bar
sand bars

Literary usage of Sanctum sanctorum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of Doctor Burney by Fanny Burney (1832)
"He would have thought himself a ruthless Goth, had he permitted the sanctum sanctorum of the developer of the skies in their embodied movements, ..."

2. Memoirs of Doctor Burney by Fanny Burney (1832)
"He would have thought himself a ruthless Goth, had he permitted the sanctum sanctorum of the developer of the skies in their embodied movements, ..."

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