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sanctum

[sangk-tuhm]

noun

plural

sanctums, sancta 
  1. a sacred or holy place.

  2. an inviolably private place or retreat.



sanctum

/ ˈæŋə /

noun

  1. a sacred or holy place

  2. a room or place of total privacy or inviolability

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sanctum1

1570–80; noun use of neuter of Latin Գٳܲ; Sanctus
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sanctum1

C16: from Latin, from sanctus holy
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Boyce impressed his bosses and was soon cleared to enter the steel-doored fortress called the “black vault,” a classified sanctum where he was exposed to sensitive CIA communications pertaining to America’s network of espionage satellites.

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They listen to Pepsi-branded transistor radios, fence with disc jockey Murray the K, who insinuates himself into their inner sanctum.

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The YouTube edgelords-turned-GOP darlings had made it to the inner sanctum.

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Starring Ralph Fiennes and set within the private inner sanctum of the Vatican, the movie treats the papal balloting like a thriller.

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Walk beneath a tower’s mirrored walls and into its inner sanctum, and assorted optical effects unfold overhead, bathing visitors in their unusual light.

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