SANCTUM SANCTORUM
\sˈanktəm sanktˈɔːɹəm], \sˈanktəm sanktˈɔːɹəm], \s_ˈa_n_k_t_ə_m s_a_n_k_t_ˈɔː_ɹ_ə_m]\
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(Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the Temple of Jerusalem where the Ark of the Covenant was kept
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a place of inviolable privacy; "he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go"
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