Meaning of sanctum santorum | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“[…] he observed the great and good man standing near the door of his sanctum santorum, smiling sweetly and blandly upon the assembled multitude, and giving a most gracious hearing to each applicant.”

“Then doors of the sanctum santorum close with a crash. We are left drained, stunned and stupefied in the dark. Silence seeps back. The ritual is over.”

“You walk up fifty-seven marble stairs. You open these big brass doors, and there in this sanctum santorum, this holy of holies, is this little tiny cabin.”

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