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Today's Word "sanctum"

A place of retreat on

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sanctum \SANK-tum\ (noun) plural sanctums or sancta - 1 : A sacred place. 2 : A place of retreat where one is free from intrusion.

"For the booking-office communicated with the station- master's sanctum, in such a way, that to reach the station-master's sanctum it was only necessary to traverse the booking-office" -- Samuel Beckett, 'Watt'

 

Sanctum comes from the Latin, meaning "holy, sacred, or inviolable."


 

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