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adytum

/ad-i-tuhm/US // ˈæd ɪ təm //UK // (ˈædɪtəm) //

锛屾嚁瓒,锛屾嚁瓒瓒,锛屾墍浠嬬粛

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    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.

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Examples

  • 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.