sanctum
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈsæŋktəm/
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refugio
- Welcome to my private little inner sanctum.
- the inner sanctum
We went back to their house and Paula and Brooke were talking in the living room and William said come to my study, which was this inner sanctum.
- We went back to their house and Paula and Brooke were talking in the living room and William said come to my study, which was this inner sanctum.
- I got several Pearl clutches and eye rolls from the sanctum mommy's sanctum mommies.
- Their call Harbour sanctum ground where the children can play and come home whole.
- I was still young then, like the inner circle and her sanctum was like, I think they were just astonished at how both unprepared but also and curious she was.
Examples
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Welcome to my inner sanctum, Wallace.
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My closet is my sanctum.
Fiction book (1997) -
...in the inner sanctum, alone with her.
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Ah, I see you found our inner sanctum, hmm?
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You brought that woman into my inner sanctum.
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My little private sanctum is at your disposal.
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I felt as if a door had opened into Drummond's inner sanctum.
Fiction book (1991) -
Turner looked around and motioned us through a door into the inner sanctum of the projection booth.
Fiction book (1999) -
Professor Dibley's office was a real old-fashioned inner sanctum.
Fiction book (1998) -
Matthew decided to retreat to his sanctum before the others returned.
Synonyms
4
9.1
A place where monks or nuns live away from the rest of the world
1
3.4
A place where you are not seen or heard by others
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9.9
A private place where someone can be alone without being disturbed
A very private inner part of a place where only a few people can go
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small evergreen tree from the southern United States and West Indies with very hard wood used for durable tools
- Literature
The deepest and most sacred part of a temple where only priests can enter
How Private
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sanctum later came to mean a private, protected space because those 'holy' inner rooms were kept quiet and safe. That's why people call a quiet room or private office a sanctum today, meaning a place where you are not to be disturbed.