NOUN | location | sanctum, sanctum sanctorum | a place of inviolable privacy |
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location | sanctum, holy place, holy | a sacred place of pilgrimage |
Sounds | sae'ngktahm | |
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Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... |
Meaning | A place of inviolable privacy. | |
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Example | "he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go" | |
Synonym | sanctum sanctorum | |
Broader | retreat | A place of privacy |
Meaning | A sacred place of pilgrimage. | |
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Synonyms | holy place, holy | |
Broader | topographic point, place, spot | A point located with respect to surface features of some region |
Spanish | lugar sagrado | |
Catalan | lloc sagrat |
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