sanctum : Idioms & Phrases


guaiacum sanctum

  • noun small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae wood
    bastard lignum vitae.
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Sanctum sanctorum

  • noun a place of inviolable privacy
    sanctum.
    • he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go
  • noun (Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was kept
    holy of holies.
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  • L. , the Holy of Holies; the most holy place, as in the Jewish temple.
Webster 1913