Wiktionary:Word of the day/March 25

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adytum n

(Ancient Greece, religion) The innermost sanctuary or shrine in an ancient temple, from where oracles were given. (by extension) A private chamber; a sanctum. Today is Greece’s Independence Day, which marks the day in 1821 when the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire was declared.

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