Word of the Day:
sanctum
What It Means
A place set apart, as with a sanctum sanctorum; a sacred or private place; a private retreat or workroom.
Sanctum in Context
“For myself, I had no need to make any change; I should not be called upon to quit my sanctum of the schoolroom; for a sanctum it was now become to me, – "a very pleasant refuge in time of trouble."”
Did You Know?
From Latin sānctum (“that which is holy”).
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