adytum 的定义
plural ad·y·ta [ad-i-tuh]. /ˈæd ɪ tə/.
- a sacred place that the public was forbidden to enter; an inner shrine.
- the most sacred or reserved part of any place of worship.
adytum 近义词
等同于 retreat
更多adytum例句
- Adytum, ad′i-tum, n. the most sacred part of a heathen temple: the chancel of a church:—pl.
- The adytum itself consists of three apartments, entirely of granite.
- Behind the adytum are small rooms for the priests who served in the temple.
- All the old temples had an adytum, sanctuary, or holy of holies—a place not open to the profane, but protected by rigid taboos.
- Author's hospitable reception there, and admission to the adytum, 119.