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sanctum

sanc·tum

UK/ˈsæŋktəm/ US/ˈsæŋktʌm/ uncommon

noun

1.

a place of inviolable privacy

  • “he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go”

Origin

From Latin sānctum (“that which is holy”).

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