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sanc·tum  (sngktm)
n. pl. sanc·tums or sanc·ta (-t)
1. A sacred or holy place.
2. A private place where one is free from intrusion.

[Late Latin snctum, from Latin, neuter of snctus, sacred; see sanctify.]

sanctum [ˈsæŋktəm]
n pl -tums, -ta [-tə]
1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a sacred or holy place
2. a room or place of total privacy or inviolability
[from Latin, from sanctus holy]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sanctumsanctum - a place of inviolable privacy; "he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go"
retreat - a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet
2.sanctumsanctum - a sacred place of pilgrimage        
place, spot, topographic point - a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"

sanctum
noun
1. refuge, retreat, den, hideaway, private room, hide-out His bedroom is his inner sanctum.
2. sanctuary, shrine, altar, holy place, Holy of Holies the inner sanctum of the mosque
Translations
sanctum [ˈsæŋktəm] N (sanctums or sancta (pl)) → lugar m sagrado (fig) → sanctasanctórum m
see also inner A1
sanctum
n
(= holy place)heiliger Ort
(fig: = private place) → Allerheiligste(s) nt


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That is the time, after your Departure is taken, when the spirit of your commander communes with you in a muffled voice, as if from the sanctum sanctorum of a temple; because, call her a temple or a "hell afloat" - as some ships have been called - the captain's state-room is surely the august place in every vessel.
Now, had Tashtego perished in that head, it had been a very precious perishing; smothered in the very whitest and daintiest of fragrant spermaceti; coffined, hearsed, and tombed in the secret inner chamber and sanctum sanctorum of the whale.
My first pretext for invading the sanctum was to bring Arthur a little waddling puppy of which Sancho was the father, and which delighted the child beyond expression, and, consequently, could not fail to please his mamma.
 
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