A specially holy place within a temple or church. In the Mosaic tabernacle and the Jewish temple: the holy place, n., including the ‘Holy of…

Judaism. That part of the Jewish Temple where the divine presence was manifested; the most sacred sanctuary of the Temple, the holy of holies…

The Holy of holies of the Jewish temple and tabernacle. †In early use also plural in the same sense.

The ‘holy place’ of the Jewish tabernacle and temple. Also applied to a sacred place or shrine in other temples and churches. Cf. sanctuary, n.1 2.

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

The innermost part of something; spec. the sanctuary of a temple; = penetralium, n.

The innermost or most sacred part of a temple or other place of worship; (Classical Architecture) a small sanctuary in the cella reserved for…

superlative holiest, used absol. = holy of holies n. at sense B. 5.

holy of holies n. The ‘most holy place’, the inner chamber of the sanctuary in the Jewish tabernacle and temple, separated by a veil from the…

Roman History. Any place in which sacred objects were deposited and kept; the adytum of a temple; also, a small apartment in a house where the images…

= sanctuary, n.1 2.

A sacred enclosure in an ancient Egyptian temple.

The inner sanctum in a temple (esp. a Hindu temple), typically having one doorway and no windows, containing an image of the god to whom the…

An inner chamber, shrine, etc., in a temple or other religious building, considered as especially sacred and often with access limited to a small…