Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sanctum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sanctum \Sanc"tum\, n. [L., p. p. of sancire to consecrate.]
A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved
for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum.
{Sanctum sanctorum} [L.], the Holy of Holies; the most holy
place, as in the Jewish temple.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sanctum
n 1: a place of inviolable privacy; "he withdrew to his sanctum
sanctorum, where the children could never go" [syn: {sanctum
sanctorum}]
2: a sacred place of pilgrimage [syn: {holy place}, {holy}]
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