adytn.

Brit.

/ˈadɪt/, U.S.

/ˈædət/

Forms: 1500s additte, 1500s adite, 1600s–1700s adyte, 1800s– adyt.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin adytum.

Etymology: < classical Latin adytum (see adytum n.). Compare later adytum n.

Now rare.

The innermost or most sacred part of a temple or other place of worship; = adytum n. Chiefly figurative in later use.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > holy of holies > [noun]

sanctuary1382

oraclec1450

sanctum sanctorumc1475

sanctum1577

adyt1584

penetral1589

adytum1611

holiest1611

holy of holies1641

sacrariuma1746

sanctuarium1796

sekos1820

garbhagriha1832

inner sanctum1861

1584 B. Rich Don Simonides II. sig. M iv^v In the secrete, adites of the Gods, The lines are left, for euerlastyng daies.

1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. G2 Amidst the addittes of our Gods..The ghost of dead men howling walke about.

1638 R. Brathwait Psalmes Paraphr. xxviii. 47 When to thy holy Adyte neere, I lift my hands on hie.

1776 Archaeologia 3 351 The forms of the general enclosure and of the interior adyte are almost precisely the same.

1812 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1973) III. 4166 An effort to eloign and abalienate it..from the dark Adyt of my own Being.

a1860 T. A. Buckley tr. Euripides Iphigenia in Tauris in Tragedies (1865) 385 Lying stretched before the adyts, hungering for food, I swore that I would break from life by dying on the spot.

1935 T. Wolfe Of Time & River i. ii. 27 Bitter sorrow, loneliness and joy come swelling to his throat—quenchless hunger rises from the adyts of his life.

1987 T. Horton Bay Country (1989) viii. 180 The very hush welling up from the valley sounds its own pure, exultant note in the adyts of the spirit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adyt
释义	adytn. Brit. /ˈadɪt/, U.S. /ˈædət/ Forms: 1500s additte, 1500s adite, 1600s–1700s adyte, 1800s– adyt. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin adytum. Etymology: < classical Latin adytum (see adytum n.). Compare later adytum n. Now rare. The innermost or most sacred part of a temple or other place of worship; = adytum n. Chiefly figurative in later use. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > holy of holies > [noun] sanctuary1382 oraclec1450 sanctum sanctorumc1475 sanctum1577 adyt1584 penetral1589 adytum1611 holiest1611 holy of holies1641 sacrariuma1746 sanctuarium1796 sekos1820 garbhagriha1832 inner sanctum1861 1584 B. Rich Don Simonides II. sig. M iv^v In the secrete, adites of the Gods, The lines are left, for euerlastyng daies. 1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. G2 Amidst the addittes of our Gods..The ghost of dead men howling walke about. 1638 R. Brathwait Psalmes Paraphr. xxviii. 47 When to thy holy Adyte neere, I lift my hands on hie. 1776 Archaeologia 3 351 The forms of the general enclosure and of the interior adyte are almost precisely the same. 1812 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1973) III. 4166 An effort to eloign and abalienate it..from the dark Adyt of my own Being. a1860 T. A. Buckley tr. Euripides Iphigenia in Tauris in Tragedies (1865) 385 Lying stretched before the adyts, hungering for food, I swore that I would break from life by dying on the spot. 1935 T. Wolfe Of Time & River i. ii. 27 Bitter sorrow, loneliness and joy come swelling to his throat—quenchless hunger rises from the adyts of his life. 1987 T. Horton Bay Country (1989) viii. 180 The very hush welling up from the valley sounds its own pure, exultant note in the adyts of the spirit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1584
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