Sanctum
['sæŋ(k)təm] or ['sæŋktəm]
Definition
(noun.) a place of inviolable privacy; 'he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go'.
Editor: Luke--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum.
Checked by Hank
Examples
- With some curiosity as to what could have sent a brother medico to us at such an hour, I followed Holmes into our sanctum. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- We are privileged to enter that front door, and to penetrate to the domestic sanctum. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In passing the door of that sanctum some time after, I caught the words-- She'll happen do better for him nor ony o't' grand ladies. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This is our friend's consulting-room (or would be, if he ever prescribed), his sanctum, his studio, said my guardian to us. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Editor: Myra