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Word entry · 7 letters

sanctum

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"Private retreat"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈsæŋktəm/Part of speech nounSorted acmnstuStarts with SEnds with M1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (SANCTUM).

Definitions

  1. a sacred place of pilgrimage

Word origin

From Latin sānctum (“that which is holy”).

Used in a sentence

  • For myself, I had no need to make any change; I should not be called upon to quit my sanctum of the schoolroom; for a sanctum it was now become to me, – "a very pleasant refuge in time of trouble."
  • A diary, after all, is a sanctum for self-confession.

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