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sanctum sanctorum

(saŋk tôrəm)

  1. holy of holies
  2. a place of utmost privacy and inviolability

Origin: LL(Ec), holy of holies (see sanctum), used in Vulg. to transl. Gr(Ec) to hagion tōn hagiōn (in LXX), transl. of Heb kodesh hakadashim

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noun
  1. Judaism The innermost shrine of a tabernacle and temple; the holy of holies.
  2. An inviolably private place: The clubhouse was their sanctum sanctorum.

Origin:

Origin: Late Latin sānctum sānctōrum (translation of Greek to hagion tōn hagiōn, translation of Hebrew qōdeš haqqodāšîm)

Origin: : sānctum, holy place

Origin: + sānctōrum

Origin: , genitive pl. of sānctum, holy place

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