sanctum sanctorum
the holy of holies of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem.
Origin of sanctum sanctorum
1Words Nearby sanctum sanctorum
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How to use sanctum sanctorum in a sentence
The doors of the Opera, that sanctum sanctorum, was at length to be opened to him.
Masters of French Music | Arthur HerveyHe was busied in this personal experiment, when a visitor was announced and ushered into his sanctum sanctorum.
A Dream of Empire | William Henry VenableThe grubs' dormitory is the sanctum sanctorum which no outsider must enter under pain of death.
The Life of the Fly | J. Henri FabreAnd their religious temples were constructed upon the same model, with an outer court and an inner court,—a sanctum sanctorum.
The Bible Of Bibles; | Kersey GravesLady Katrine and Churchill laid their heads together; here, in this very sanctum sanctorum.
Helen | Maria Edgeworth
British Dictionary definitions for sanctum sanctorum
/ (sæŋkˈtɔːrəm) /
Bible another term for the holy of holies
often facetious an especially private place
Origin of sanctum sanctorum
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for sanctum sanctorum
[ (sangk-tuhm sangk-tawr-uhm) ]
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