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sanctum

noun

sanc·​tum ˈsaŋ(k)-təm How to pronounce sanctum (audio)
plural sanctums also sancta ˈsaŋ(k)-tə How to pronounce sanctum (audio)
1
: a sacred place
2
: a place where one is free from intrusion
an editor's sanctum
the inner sanctums of research

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Her office was her sanctum. the sanctum of a church
Recent Examples on the Web In the age of oversharing, yachts are a final sanctum of secrecy, even for some of the world’s most inveterate talkers. Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 What's more, the attempt to overturn the 2020 election came from within the innermost sanctum of our democracy, the Oval Office. Fred Wertheimer And Norman Eisen, CNN, 15 July 2022 Craig McNamara evidently developed an autonomous morality at a young age, no easy feat in the heart of the American upper crust’s inner sanctum. Noah Kulwin, The New Republic, 6 July 2022 Earl’s home is an airless, tidily ordered sanctum of records and movies fussily cataloged on index cards. Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022 Kelly has created this and allowed the inner sanctum to be shared. Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 6 May 2022 This reported treatise on the inner sanctum of the New York psychoanalytic community in the 1970s, told through interviews with an anonymous practitioner, is a classic. Ana Cecilia Alvarez, The Atlantic, 1 May 2022 The pastel contributed to an understated and optically quieter sanctum, especially when present in the visually soft materials—rosy plaster and concrete—that form the walls, ceiling and floor. Catherine Dash, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022 Bands like Metallica, Judas Priest and Black Sabbath, whose posters line the walls of the pair’s inner sanctum (the basement at Hunter’s house) are role models. Courtney Howard, Variety, 7 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin, from Latin, neuter of sanctus sacred

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of sanctum was in 1577

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