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Definition of Sanctum sanctorum

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

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.

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

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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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