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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sanctum \Sanc"tum\, n. [L., p. p. of sancire to consecrate.]
A sacred place hence a place of retreat; a room reserved
for personal use as an editor's sanctum.
{Sanctum sanctorum} [L.], the Holy of Holies; the most holy
place as in the Jewish temple.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sanctum
n 1: a place of inviolable privacy
2: a sacred place of pilgrimage [syn: {holy place}, {holy}]
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