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Definition of Adytum
1. n. The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.
Definition of Adytum
1. an inner sanctuary in an ancient temple [n -TA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adytum
Literary usage of Adytum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities with Nearly 2000 Engravings on by Anthony Rich (1874)
"That the adytum was distinct from the cella,, is clear from a passage of ...
of the temple and refuses to advance into the adytum^ or den (antrum] as it ..."
2. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1815)
"... Sculpture — adytum of Pan — 'Iiji of the Greeks — Portable Shrines — Statue
of Pan — Celebrated Artist — Spoliation of the Temples— Comparison between ..."
3. The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1878)
"The Sacred Animals—Care—Expense—Animals in the adytum—Embalming of them —Burial—Origin
and Reason of Worship—Bank—List—Apes and Monkeys—But — Hedgehog ..."
4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1894)
"In one of these temples the adytum was altogether hidden from view by a thick
growth of bracken, which I spent two hours in clearing away, but was amply ..."
5. Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania by Thomas Smart Hughes (1820)
"... with its Ornaments—adytum—Statue of the God—Its Deportation to Byzantium—Oracular
Chasm—Tripod Priestess—Tapestry, Subjects of its Embroidery, ..."
6. Synonyms of the New Testament by Richard Chenevix Trench (1858)
"5), into the ' adytum' which was set apart for the priests alone, and there casts
down before them the accursed price of blood ! Those expositors who affirm ..."
7. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1856)
"removed, so as to throw the adytum within view of the choir and nave. A very
early specimen of this he discovers in S. Martin, at Tours, rebuilt in the 12th ..."
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