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Meanings of sanctum sanctorum in English
Catalan
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.
Synonyms
Examples for "holy of holies"
Examples for "holy of holies"
1
One cannot find tongue upon the threshold of the holy of holies.
2
Whatsoever is once consecrated shall be holy of holies to the Lord.
3
It profaned his holy of holies, and left it bare to sacrilege.
4
They just want to believe that this holy of holies was left intact.'
5
It is sacred to them; it is the holy of holies.
Usage of sanctum sanctorum in English
1
The den of Cacus, or sanctum sanctorum, could not have hid me from you.
2
Perhaps he was in the sanctum sanctorum, focusing his formidable will upon some spiritual exercise.
3
Adjoining it on one side was a smaller office that served as Markus's sanctum sanctorum.
4
Before leaving Andy's sanctum sanctorum, he regards the hatchet.
5
Two men went up into the sanctum sanctorum of the Quill Drivers' Club to lunch.
6
It was my sanctum sanctorum in the holidays.
7
The grubs' dormitory is the sanctum sanctorum which no outsider must enter under pain of death.
8
Did you ever return to the sanctum sanctorum, or holy of holies, of King Solomon's Temple?
9
He is stationed in the sanctum sanctorum.
10
This was not some kind of Star Chamber, a sanctum sanctorum where important and discipline-changing decisions were made.
11
The sanctum sanctorum of the writer.
12
Arctis Tor was the heart of the Winter Court, the fortress and sanctum sanctorum of Queen Mab herself.
13
The gazelle will have soft fur, and the lion a shaggy hide, and the sanctum sanctorum is the student's cuticle.
14
This gate, which leads into the sanctum sanctorum of the third court, was long known as the Bab-I-Aali, the High Gate.
15
He said nothing, however; but, obeying Mr Slow's invitation, followed him and his cousin into the sanctum sanctorum of the chambers.
16
Reuter turned her eye laterally on me, to ascertain, probably, whether I was collected enough to be ushered into her sanctum sanctorum.