sanctum sanctorum

Questions about sanctum sanctorum

What does sanctum sanctorum mean?

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

What is another word for sanctum sanctorum?

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

sanctum sanctorum 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.