The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sanctum \Sanc"tum\, n. [L., p. p. of sancire to consecrate.] A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum.
Sanctum sanctorum [L.], the Holy of Holies; the most holy place, as in the Jewish temple.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The Holy of Holies in the Jewish temple. 2 A person's most private retreat or sanctuary.
WordNet
n. a place of inviolable privacy; "he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go" [syn: sanctum]
(Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was kept [syn: holy of holies]
Wikipedia
The Sanctum Sanctorum is a fictional building appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is the residence of Doctor Strange. The building first appeared in Strange Tales #110 (July 1963) and is located at 177A Bleecker Street in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood, a reference to the address of an apartment once shared by writers Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich.
The Sanctum Sanctorum is set to appear in the 2016 film, Doctor Strange.
Usage examples of "sanctum sanctorum".
He got to Lang's sanctum sanctorum to find the heavy hatch of the armored vault module hanging open.
Only one of the girls looked up and she was stationed before the door to the inner sanctum sanctorum.
He intended to keep his eye on Jude while the young monk was in the monastery's sanctum sanctorum.
As the Memorial Library clock struck one in the distance he turned his sign to the Closed For Lunch side, bolted up, and pranced away to his sanctum sanctorum.
He ushered the mild, silver-haired old gentleman into the sanctum sanctorum and waved to Mary Lou to draw the shades.
Perhaps other adventurous explorers would give up everything they owned for the honor of entering this mineralogical sanctum sanctorum, but all Pitt wanted now was to get out.
I didn't ask you to my sanctum sanctorum tonight simply to watch that pitiful performance on the ball court.
I had a hunch that Harvey took his pervert pix in some sick sanctum sanctorum.
Andre deCourteney had appropriated Yardiff Bey's abandoned sanctum sanctorum, at the summit of Earthfast, to examine its contents and learn what he could from them.
Beyond the counter was a large waiting room, its collection of waiting patients distracted at least temporarily from their pains, aches, and sniffles by the sight of three men, all blood-stained and battered, being rushed through the room and into the sanctum sanctorum where the doctors actually saw patients.