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SANCTUM
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Irregular inflected form: sancta
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sacred place of pilgrimage
Synonyms:
holy; holy place; sanctum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("sanctum" is a kind of...):
place; spot; topographic point (a point located with respect to surface features of some region)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A place of inviolable privacy
Example:
he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go
Synonyms:
sanctum; sanctum sanctorum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("sanctum" is a kind of...):
retreat (a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet)
