Associations to the word «Sanctum»

Wiktionary

SANCTUM, noun. A place set apart, as with a sanctum sanctorum; a private retreat or workroom. A sacred or private place.
SANCTUM SANCTORUM, noun. The Holy of Holies in the Jewish temple.
SANCTUM SANCTORUM, noun. A person's most private retreat or sanctuary.
SANCTUM SANTORUM, noun. (rare) Misspelling of sanctum sanctorum.

Dictionary definition

SANCTUM, noun. A place of inviolable privacy; "he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go".
SANCTUM, noun. A sacred place of pilgrimage.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats