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Meaning of SANCTUM SANCTORUM

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  1. [n]  (Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the Temple of Jerusalem where the Ark of the Covenant was kept
  2. [n]  a place of inviolable privacy; "he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go"
 
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 Synonyms: holy of holies, sanctum
 
 See Also: retreat, sanctuary, Tabernacle

 

 

 

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