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Meanings of sanctum sanctorum in English

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sancta sanctorum

(Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was kept.

sancta sanctorum

A place of inviolable privacy.

Usage of sanctum sanctorum in English
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The den of Cacus, or sanctum sanctorum, could not have hid me from you.
The Adventures of Roderick Random
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Perhaps he was in the sanctum sanctorum, focusing his formidable will upon some spiritual exercise.
The Fountains of Paradise
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Adjoining it on one side was a smaller office that served as Markus's sanctum sanctorum.
Seveneves
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Before leaving Andy's sanctum sanctorum, he regards the hatchet.
Finders Keepers
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Two men went up into the sanctum sanctorum of the Quill Drivers' Club to lunch.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908
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It was my sanctum sanctorum in the holidays.
A Thief in the Night: A Book of Raffles' Adventures
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The grubs' dormitory is the sanctum sanctorum which no outsider must enter under pain of death.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
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Did you ever return to the sanctum sanctorum, or holy of holies, of King Solomon's Temple?
The Mysteries of Free Masonry / Containing All the Degrees of th...
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He is stationed in the sanctum sanctorum.
The Mysteries of Free Masonry / Containing All the Degrees of th...
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This was not some kind of Star Chamber, a sanctum sanctorum where important and discipline-changing decisions were made.
More bitter than death: an emma fielding mystery
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The sanctum sanctorum of the writer.
Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 35, November 26, 1870
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Arctis Tor was the heart of the Winter Court, the fortress and sanctum sanctorum of Queen Mab herself.
Small favor
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The gazelle will have soft fur, and the lion a shaggy hide, and the sanctum sanctorum is the student's cuticle.
Around the Tea-Table
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This gate, which leads into the sanctum sanctorum of the third court, was long known as the Bab-I-Aali, the High Gate.
The fracture zone: my return to the balkans
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He said nothing, however; but, obeying Mr Slow's invitation, followed him and his cousin into the sanctum sanctorum of the chambers.
Miss Mackenzie
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Reuter turned her eye laterally on me, to ascertain, probably, whether I was collected enough to be ushered into her sanctum sanctorum.
The Professor
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