单词 | sanctum sanctorum |
释义 | sanctum sanctorum (once / 40066 pages) n WORD FAMILY sanctum sanctorum: sancta sanctorum USAGE EXAMPLESShe approaches the double doors and pushes her way into the sanctum sanctorum. Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex: A Novel(2002) The study, filled with objects that the artist had held in his hands, is the sancta sanctorum of most apartment museums. The Guardian(Nov 20, 2012) This was his sanctum sanctorum, wherein one might reasonably have looked to find the confusion dear to the happy estate of bachelorhood. Carryl, Guy Wetmore, The Transgression of Andrew Vane—a...(2011) 1n (Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was kept Syn|Hyper holy of holies sanctuary a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept 2n a place of inviolable privacy Syn|Hyper sanctum retreat a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet |
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