sanctum

Other forms of sanctum

plural

sancta

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sanctum

What does sanctum mean?

sanctum means "a place of inviolable privacy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sanctum?

sanctum has 2 syllables: sanc-tum. The stress falls on "sanc". In IPA it is /ˈsæŋktəm/.

What is another word for sanctum?

Close synonyms include sanctum sanctorum, holy place, holy. 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 sanctum a common word?

sanctum is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.