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Sanctum sanctorum

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Holy of Holies in the Jewish temple. formal
Noun
  1. 1
    A person's most private retreat or sanctuary. formal, humorous

    "Mdlle Reuter turned her eye laterally on me, to ascertain, probably, whether I was collected enough to be ushered into her sanctum sanctorum."

  2. 2
    (Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was kept wordnet
  3. 3
    a place of inviolable privacy wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin sānctum sānctōrum (“holy of holies”), from Latin sānctum, neuter of sānctus (“holy”), and its genitive plural form sanctōrum (“of holies”); a translation of Biblical Hebrew קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים (Qṓḏeš HaqQŏḏāšîm).

Etymology 2

From Latin sānctum sānctōrum (“holy of holies”), from Latin sānctum, neuter of sānctus (“holy”), and its genitive plural form sanctōrum (“of holies”); a translation of Biblical Hebrew קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים (Qṓḏeš HaqQŏḏāšîm).

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