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Sanctum

sanctum
(sanctums) 1. If you refer to someone’s inner sanctum, you mean a room which is private and sometimes secret, where they can be quiet and alone. His bedroom’s his inner sanctum. N-COUNT: usu sing 2. A sanctum is the holiest place inside a holy building such as a temple or mosque. N-COUNT
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   noun  (plural ~s; also sancta)  Etymology: Late Latin, from Latin, neuter of sanctus sacred  Date: 1577  1. a sacred place  2. a place where one is free from intrusion an editor's ~ the inner ~s of research ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  n. (pl. sanctums) 1 a holy place. 2 colloq. a person's private room, study, or den. Phrases and idioms sanctum sanctorum 1 the holy of holies in the Jewish temple. 2 = sense 2 of n. 3 an inner retreat. 4 an esoteric doctrine etc. Etymology: L, neut. of sanctus holy, past part. of sancire consecrate: sanctorum genit. pl. in transl. of Heb. kodes hakk° das{icirc}m holy of holies ...
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  1. церк. святилище; рака 2. часто убежище (ученого, писателя и т. п.); рабочий кабинет the editorial sanctum —- кабинет редактора lady's sanctum —- будуар ...
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  (sanctorum) noun  1) rel. святая святых  2) joc. рабочий кабинет; уединенное убежище ...
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  ~ n 1 inner sanctum often humorous a place or room that only a few important people are allowed to enter 2 a holy place inside a temple ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  - 1577, from L. sanctum, as in L.L. sanctum sanctorum "holy of holies" (from Gk. to hagion ton hagion, from Heb. qodesh haqqodashim), from neut. of sanctus "holy" (see saint). ...
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