Adyt

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The innermost sanctum of a temple, in which oracles are announced. archaic, poetic

    "[…] they afterwards broke a matter of twenty cubits, and attempted with their own hands to put the adyt and sacred places in a blaze."

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adytumadytum

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"[…] they afterwards broke a matter of twenty cubits, and attempted with their own hands to put the adyt and sacred places in a blaze."

Etymology

From Latin adytum.

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