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formal or humorous uk / ˌsæŋk.təm sæŋkˈtɔː.rəm / us / ˌsæŋk.təm sæŋkˈtɔː.rəm / Add to word list. the part of a building or organization where few people are allowed to go, especially where the most important or secret work is done: His basement laboratory is the sanctum sanctorum to which visitors are not invited.
The Latin phrase sanctum sanctorum is a translation of the Hebrew term קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים (Qṓḏeš HaQŏḏāšîm), literally meaning Holy of Holies, which generally refers in Latin texts to the holiest place of the Ancient Israelites, inside the Tabernacle and later inside the Temple in Jerusalem, but the term also has ...
the part of a building or organization where few people are allowed to go, especially where the most important or secret work is done: His basement laboratory is the sanctum sanctorum to which visitors are not invited. Authorities raided the sanctum sanctorum of the cult. Synonym. holy of holies. Fewer examples.
Sanctum sanctorum, a Latin phrase that literally means "Holy of Holies". Sortes Sanctorum, a type of divination or cleromancy practiced in early Christianity. In Splendoribus Sanctorum, the communion chant for the propers of Christmas midnight mass, sung during the distribution of holy communion.
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noun. sanc· tum sanc· to· rum ˌsaŋ (k)-təm-ˌsaŋ (k)-ˈtȯr-əm. 1. : holy of holies. 2. : sanctum sense 2. Examples of sanctum sanctorum in a Sentence.
The introit chants are, by and large, uniquely assigned to specific days: few are sung on more than one occasion, except for the chants of the commune sanctorum.
The earliest known use of the noun sanctorum is in the late 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for sanctorum is from 1675, in the writing of A. Huyberts. sanctorum is a borrowing from Latin.
