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sanctum sanctorum

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sanc⋅tum sanc⋅to⋅rum

  [sangk-tawr-uhm, -tohr-]
–noun
1. the holy of holies of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem.
2. sanctum (def. 2).
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L sānctum sānctōrum, trans. of Heb qōdhesh haqqodhāshīm holy of holies
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sanctum sanc·to·rum   (sāngk-tôr'əm, -tōr'-)   
n.  

  1. Judaism The innermost shrine of a tabernacle and temple; the holy of holies.

  2. An inviolably private place: The clubhouse was their sanctum sanctorum.


[Late Latin sānctum sānctōrum (translation of Greek to hagion tōn hagiōn, translation of Hebrew qōdeš haqqodāšîm) : sānctum, holy place + sānctōrum, genitive pl. of sānctum, holy place.]
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sanctum sanctorum [(sangk-tuhm sangk-tawr-uhm)]

Latin for “holy of holies.” The place in the Jewish temple in Jerusalem where the Ark of the Covenant was kept. By extension, a sacred and private place.

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