SANCTUM


Meaning of SANCTUM in English

(~s)

1.

If you refer to someone’s inner ~, you mean a room which is private and sometimes secret, where they can be quiet and alone.

His bedroom’s his inner ~.

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2.

A ~ is the holiest place inside a holy building such as a temple or mosque.

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