sanctum (n.)

  1. a place of inviolable privacy; he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go

    [ Syn: sanctum sanctorum ]

  2. a sacred place of pilgrimage

    [ Syn: holy place , holy ]

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