sanctum sanctorum
Noun
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Noun
sanctum sanctorum
- The Holy of Holies in the Jewish temple.
- A person's most private retreat or sanctuary.
- 1864, Charlotte Bronte, The Professor:
- Mdlle Reuter turned her eye laterally on me, to ascertain, probably, whether I was collected enough to be ushered into her sanctum sanctorum.
- 1864, Charlotte Bronte, The Professor:
- German: Allerheiligste
- Russian: свята́я святы́х
- Spanish: sanctasanctórum
- Russian: убе́жище
- Spanish: sanctasanctórum
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