holy of holies

Questions about holy of holies

What does holy of holies mean?

holy of holies means "(figurative) something regarded as sacred or inviolable". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for holy of holies?

Close synonyms include sanctum sanctorum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is holy of holies a common word?

holy of holies is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.