单词	sanctum
释义	sanctumsanc‧tum /ˈsæŋktəm/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsanctum Origin: 1500-1600 Late Latin, Latin sanctus; ➔ SAINT Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And there would be me, allowed into their inner sanctum. I skirted the dike district too - or at any rate two big chicks denied me entry to their purple sanctum. Please recall how I've been penned in a sanctum on a planet for most of my days. Renaissance encyclopaedias often had architectural structures, as though the reader were progressing towards the inner sanctum of truth. Ruby laser light stitched the interior of the sanctum like thinnest threads of stronger flame within a dully glowing oven. She strode through the door to the outer office of his sanctum, past his personal secretary, who blinked in astonishment. The Governor's sanctum was a leviathan suffused with the same dreary red light. Why should she have been invited into the inner sanctum while I had been so resolutely excluded? word sets WORD SETS► Religion acolyte, nounafterlife, nounagnostic, nounangel, nounanimism, nounanoint, verbapostasy, nounapostate, nounarchangel, nounbelieve, verbbeliever, nounbell-ringer, nounbless, verbblessed, adjectiveblessing, nouncelebrant, nounChristian Science, nouncircumcise, verbcircumcision, nouncommunion, nounconfession, nounconvent, nounconversion, nounconvert, nouncoreligionist, nouncowl, nouncredo, nouncreed, nouncult, noundaemon, nounDecalogue, noundefrock, verbdeism, noundenomination, noundenominational, adjectivedevotee, noundevotion, noundevotional, adjectivedevout, adjectivedivine, adjectivedivinity, noundruid, nounfaith, nounfast day, nounfeast, nounfervour, nounfiesta, nounfollow, verbfrankincense, noungentile, noungod, noungoddess, noungrace, nounhabit, nounhair shirt, nounhallelujah, interjectionhallowed, adjectivehalo, nounheathen, adjectiveheathen, nounheaven, nounheavenly, adjectivehell, nounheresy, nounheretic, nounhermit, nounhermitage, nounheterodox, adjectivehigh priest, nounidol, nounidolatry, nounincarnation, nounincense, nouninfidel, nounintercession, nouninvocation, nouninvoke, verbirreligious, adjective-ism, suffixlayman, nounlaywoman, nounlibation, nounliturgical, adjectiveliturgy, nounmartyr, nounmartyr, verbmeditate, verbmeditation, nounmission, nounmonastery, nounmonastic, adjectivemonk, nounmonotheism, nounMoonie, nounMormon, nounMosaic, adjectivemystery play, nounmystic, nounmystical, adjectivemysticism, nounneophyte, nounnovice, nounnovitiate, nounnuminous, adjectivenun, nounnunnery, nounoblation, nounobservance, nounoffering, nounOlympian, adjectiveordain, verborder, nounorthodox, adjectiveotherworldly, adjectivepagan, adjectivepagan, nounpantheism, nounpantheon, nounParsee, nounpilgrim, nounpilgrimage, nounpious, adjectivepluralism, nounpolytheism, nounpractise, verbpray, verbprayer, nounprayer wheel, nounpreach, verbpreacher, nounpriest, nounpriestess, nounpriesthood, nounpriestly, adjectiveprophet, nounprophetess, nounpurify, verbRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRE, nounrecant, verbreincarnation, nounreligious, adjectivereligiously, adverbreliquary, nounrepent, verbretreat, nounrevelation, nounrevivalism, nounrite, nounritual, nounsacred, adjectivesacrifice, nounsacrifice, verbsacrificial, adjectivesanctify, verbsanctity, nounsanctuary, nounsanctum, nounsatanism, nounscripture, nounsect, nounsectarian, adjectiveservice, nounshaman, nounShinto, nounshrine, nounsin, nounsin, verbsinful, adjectivesinner, nounsoul, nounspirit, nounspiritual, adjectivespiritualism, nounspirituality, nounSr, sun god, nounsuppliant, nounsupplicant, nounsupplication, nounSupreme Being, nounTao, nounTaoism, nountemple, nountenet, nounthanksgiving, nountheism, nountheo-, prefixtheocracy, nountheologian, nountheological college, nountheology, nountonsure, nountranscendental, adjectivetranscendental meditation, nountransmigration, noununbelief, noununbeliever, nounungodly, adjectiveunholy, adjectiveunorthodox, adjectivevisionary, nounvoodoo, nounvotary, nounworship, verbworship, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► inner · And there would be me, allowed into their inner sanctum.· Why should she have been invited into the inner sanctum while I had been so resolutely excluded?· Renaissance encyclopaedias often had architectural structures, as though the reader were progressing towards the inner sanctum of truth.· They stepped through, into the cool semi-darkness of the inner sanctum.· This was when somebody opened the door to the inner sanctum where the support band was playing.· She never presumed on her friendship with Eve by expecting to be let in to the inner sanctum.· This inner sanctum looked as though they should all be waving little red books and were very vociferous.· Cleanse your inner self of the forces, coupled with fear, that push you out of your inner sanctum. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► inner sanctum He was soon accepted into the inner sanctums of city government. And there would be me, allowed into their inner sanctum. Cleanse your inner self of the forces, coupled with fear, that push you out of your inner sanctum. Renaissance encyclopaedias often had architectural structures, as though the reader were progressing towards the inner sanctum of truth. She never presumed on her friendship with Eve by expecting to be let in to the inner sanctum. They stepped through, into the cool semi-darkness of the inner sanctum. This inner sanctum looked as though they should all be waving little red books and were very vociferous. This was when somebody opened the door to the inner sanctum where the support band was playing. Why should she have been invited into the inner sanctum while I had been so resolutely excluded? 1inner sanctum a private place or room that only a few important people are allowed to enter – often used humorously:  Occasionally, she would be allowed into the inner sanctum of his office.2a holy place inside a temple
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