Holy of Holies

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Proper noun

Holy of Holies

1. The most sacred place within a sacred building.
   • 1882. Franz von Reber, Joseph Thacher Clarke, History of Ancient Art, p. 146:

     The holy of holies, a cubical space of ten cubits on the side, was separated from the larger antechamber by four columns, which were also covered with gold and stood upon silver sockets; they bore a second curtain of four colors.

2. (informal, humorous) One's private retreat or sanctum.

Translations

the most sacred place within a sacred building

• Finnish: kaikkein pyhin (fi)
• Latin: adytum (la) n

• Macedonian: светиња над светињите (mk) (svétinja nad svetínjite) f
• Russian: святая святых (ru) (sv'atája sv'atýχ) f