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sanc⋅tum

  [sangk-tuhm]
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–noun, plural -tums, -ta  [-tuh] .
1. a sacred or holy place.
2. an inviolably private place or retreat.
Origin:
1570–80; n. use of neut. of L sānctus; see Sanctus
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sanc·tum   (sāngk'təm)   
n.   pl. sanc·tums or sanc·ta (-tə)

  1. A sacred or holy place.

  2. A private place where one is free from intrusion.


[Late Latin sānctum, from Latin, neuter of sānctus, sacred; see sanctify.]
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Word Origin & History

sanctum 
1577, from L. sanctum "a holy place," as in L.L. sanctum sanctorum "holy of holies" (from Gk. to hagion ton hagion, from Heb. qodesh haqqodashim), from neut. of sanctus "holy" (see saint). In Eng., sanctum sanctorum attested from c.1400; sense of "a person's private retreat" is from 1706.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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