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sanctums

sanctums is the plural of sanctum.

Meaning of sanctum

Noun

sanctum (plural sanctums or sancta)

  1. A place set apart, as with a sanctum sanctorum; a sacred or private place; a private retreat or workroom.
    • As he descended the stairs, two persons passed him, so remarkably dissimilar in their persons, dress, and carriage, that he could not forbear to look earnestly at them, as forming a criterion of the mixed character of company admissible in such places, and which was to him (with his preconceived...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXIX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 200

Phrases with sanctums

Questions about sanctums

What is sanctums the plural of?
Sanctums is the plural of sanctum.

Words near sanctums in the dictionary

  1. sanctuarylike
  2. sanctum
  3. sanctum sanctorum
  4. sanctum sanctorums
  5. sanctum santorum
  6. sanctums
  7. sanctus
  8. sanctus bell
  9. sanctus bells
  10. Sancy
  11. sancyite

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