SANCTUM SANCTORUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sanctum sanctorum mean? 

• SANCTUM SANCTORUM (noun)
  The noun SANCTUM SANCTORUM has 2 senses:

1. a place of inviolable privacy

2. (Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was kept

  Familiarity information: SANCTUM SANCTORUM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SANCTUM SANCTORUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A place of inviolable privacy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

sanctum; sanctum sanctorum

Context example:

he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go

Hypernyms ("sanctum sanctorum" is a kind of...):

retreat (a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was kept

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

holy of holies; sanctum sanctorum

Hypernyms ("sanctum sanctorum" is a kind of...):

sanctuary (a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept)

Domain category:

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)

Holonyms ("sanctum sanctorum" is a part of...):

Tabernacle ((Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus)