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sanctum - use in sentences
Preposition: of
- temple: Note: A ' cella ' is a kind of inner sanctum of a temple and not an underground storage facility.
- castle: The attackers had to get through a series of castle defenses before reaching this inner sanctum of the castle.
Converse of object
- enter: Also next month, we enter the inner sanctum of one of the world's truly great make-up artists.
- reach: Finding the hound lulled to sleep, the children pass tests required to reach an inner sanctum.
- penetrate: Nor would I have penetrated the inner sanctum of a moderators ' meeting!
- illuminate: What little daylight penetrated the front room completely failed to illuminate this inner sanctum.
Adjective modifier
- private: Now the Defias Brotherhood has taken up residence and turned the dark tunnels into their private sanctum.
- innermost: Beijing was always a walled city but the Forbidden City, seat of the great emperors, was the innermost sanctum of the city.
- editorial: There must be loyalty to the chief far beyond the precincts of the editorial sanctum.
- pleasant: It is still a very pleasant inner city sanctum.
Modifies a noun
- sanctorum: He greeted the host with " I'm just going to show my friends your sanctum sanctorum.
- nomen: Choir Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est: et sanctum nomen ejus.
- ejus: Choir Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est: et sanctum nomen ejus.
- eius: Quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est: et sanctum nomen eius.
Noun used with modifier
- ocimum: Ocimum sanctum: This herb is employed in traditional ayurvedic practices, and is commonly known as holy basil.
- otium: I found that some church fathers referred to otium sanctum - holy leisure.
- city: It is still a very pleasant inner city sanctum.
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