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Definition: Sanctum |
SanctumNoun1. A place of inviolable privacy; "he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go". 2. A sacred place of pilgrimage. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sanctum" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references) |
Etymology: Sanctum \Sanc"tum\, noun. [Latin expression, past participle of sancire to consecrate.]. (references) |
Synonyms: SanctumSynonyms: holy (n), holy place (n), sanctum sanctorum (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | Nest, nidus, snuggery; arbor, bower; lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive; covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost; nidification; kala jagah. |
Receptacle | Chamber, apartment, room, cabin; office, court, hall, atrium; suite of rooms, apartment, flat, story; saloon, salon, parlor; by-room, cubicle; presence chamber; sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room; gallery, cabinet, closet; pew, box; boudoir; adytum, sanctum; bedroom, dormitory; refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger; nursery, schoolroom; library, study; studio; billiard room, smoking room; den; stateroom, tablinum, tenement. |
Refuge | Noun: refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness; acropolis; keep, last resort; ward; prison; asylum, ark, home,Noun: refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness; acropolis; keep, last resort; ward; prison; asylum, ark, home, refuge for the destitute; almshouse; hiding place; (ambush); sanctum sanctorum; (privacy). |
Seclusion Exclusion | Cell, hermitage; convent; sanctum sanctorum. |
Temple | Altar, shrine, sanctuary, Holy of Holies, sanctum sanctorum, sacristy; sacrarium; communion table, holy table, Lord's table; table of the Lord; pyx; baptistery, font; piscina, stoup; aumbry; sedile; reredos; rood loft, rood screen. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sanctum |
| English words defined with "sanctum": Adytum ♦ sanctum sanctorum. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Sanctum" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (august, confirm, consecrated, dedicate, divine, enact, fulfil, holy, inviolable, just, ordain, pious, ratify, sacred, saint, sanction, venerable). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | In the land of the killers, a sinner's mind is a sanctum (Sing For The Moment; performing artist: EMINEM) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Inner Sanctum (1948) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "Sanctum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.62% of the time. "Sanctum" is used about 84 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.62% | 82 | 36,594 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.19% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 1.19% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 84 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "sanctum": guaiacum sanctum ♦ sanctum sanctorum. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sanctum | 39 |
inner sanctum | 27 |
inner radio sanctum | 19 |
ocimum sanctum | 12 |
sanctum scarlets | 4 |
anemos sanctum | 4 |
inner radio sanctum show | 3 |
sanctorum sanctum | 3 |
inner sanctum mystery | 2 |
celestial sanctum | 2 |
center sanctum | 2 |
sanctum unam | 2 |
sanctum venus | 2 |
marmot sanctum | 2 |
sanctum seans | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sanctum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | studio personale (cabinet), strehë (asylum, awning, cover, dwelling, hangout, Harbor, harbour, haven, home, hostel, house, housing, hovel, Lee, lodgement, lodgment, lurking place, mew, pad, peak, port, recourse, refuge, retreat, roof, sanctuary, sconce, shade, shed, shelter), vend i shenjtë (shrine). (various references) | |
Arabic | ملجأ (asylum, burrow, cover, harbor, harbour, haven, hideaway, hideout, home, lair, poorhouse, recourse, refuge, resort, resource, retreat, sanctuary, shelter), قدس الأقداس, عرين (den, lair), خلوة (nook, recess). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | светая светих (oracle), светилище (penetralia, sanctuary), кабинет (cabinet, ministry), бърлога (cubbyhole, delve, den, hole, house, lair, pandemonium, retreat). (various references) | |
Czech | svaté místo, pracovna (study, workroom). (various references) | |
Dutch | heiligdom (sanctuary). (various references) | |
Esperanto | sanktejo (sanctuary). (various references) | |
Farsi | قدس , حریم , خلوتگاه (Boudoir, Den), خلوت (Privacy, Solitude), جایگاه مقدس (Sanctuary). (various references) | |
French | sanctuaire (sanctuary), tanière, retraite, refuge (sanctuary). (various references) | |
German | Allerheiligstes. (various references) | |
Greek | ιερόσ τόποσ, ιερό (chancel, presbytery, sanctuary), ιδιαίτερο δωμάτιο (den), άδυτο (adytum, sanctuary). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מקום ק"וש (sanctuary, shrine), ח"ר פרטי. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szentély (apse, bast, chancel, penetralia, presbytery, sanctuary, shrine). (various references) | |
Italian | santuario (sainthood, sanctuary, shrine). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 秘儀 (ritual, sanctum sanctorum, secret ceremony), 昇殿 (access to the imperial court, entry into the sanctum of a shrine or temple). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しょうで" (access to the imperial court, biographical sketch, detailed biography, entry into the sanctum of a shrine or temple), ひぎ (blaming, censure, criticism, criticizing, ritual, sanctum sanctorum, secret ceremony, secret technique). (various references) | |
Manx | shamyr er lheh (closet, private room), sancteyr. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anctumsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sacrário (sanctuary, shrine, tabernacle), lugar sagrado, gabinete de estudo, aposento privado. (various references) | |
Russian | убежище (asylum, bolt-hole, burrow, citadel, dugout, harborage, harbour, harbourage, haven, hideaway, hideout, hide-out, hiding place, hiding-place, lurking-place, niche, nook, port, refuge, retreat, sancta, sanctuary, shelter, subterfuge), святилище (adyta, adytum, penetralia, sanctuary), рака (feretory, reliquary, shrine), кабинет (parlor, parlour). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sveto mesto. (various references) | |
Spanish | santuario (sanctuary, shrine), sanctasanctórum (sanctum sanctorum). (various references) | |
Swedish | helgedom (sanctuary, shrine, temple). (various references) | |
Thai | สถานที่ศัก"ิ์สิทธิ์ (sanctuary). (various references) | |
Turkish | kutsal yer (Bethel, holy), özel oda (retiring room, snuggery). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | святилище (holy, sacrarium), рака (feretory, shrine). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chính điện phòng riêng, chốn linh thiêng. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | delubrum, fanum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 1, Verse 49 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oti epoihsen moi megaleia o dunatoV kai agion to onoma autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est et sanctum nomen eius |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Forðam þe me micele þing dyde se ðe mihtig is. and hys nama ys halig |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For lo! of this alle generaciouns schulen seie that Y am blessid. For he that is myyti hath don to me grete thingis, and his name is hooli. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For he that is myghty hath done to me greate thinges and holye is his name. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For he that is mighty hath done to me great things, and holy is his name. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For he who is strong has done great things for me; and holy is his name. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 1, Verse 49 |
| Cebuano | kay ang makagagahum nagbuhat ug dagkung mga butang alang kanako, ug balaan ang iyang ngalan. |
| Chinese | 那 有 權 能 的 為 我 成 就 了 大 事 ． 他 的 名 為 聖 。 |
| Croatian | Jer velika mi djela uèini Svesilni, sveto je ime njegovo! |
| Danish | fordi den mægtige har gjort store Ting imod mig. Og hans Navn er helligt; |
| Dutch | Want grote dingen heeft aan mij gedaan Hij, Die machtig is, en heilig is Zijn Naam. |
| Finnish | Sillä Voimallinen on tehnyt minulle suuria, ja hänen nimensä on pyhä, |
| French | Parce que le Tout Puissant a fait pour moi de grandes choses. Son nom est saint, |
| German | denn er hat große Dinge an mir getan, der da mächtig ist und des Name heilig ist. |
| Haitian Creole | Paske Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a fè anpil bèl bagay pou mwen. Non li, se yon non pou tout moun respekte. |
| Hungarian | Mert nagy dolgokat cselekedék velem a Hatalmas; és szent az õ neve! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Karena Allah Yang Mahakuasa melakukan hal-hal besar padaku. Sucilah nama-Nya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena Yang Mahakuasa telah mengadakan kepadaku perbuatan yang besar; maka kuduslah nama-Nya. |
| Italian | Grandi cose ha fatto in me l'Onnipotente e Santo è il suo nome: |
| Manx Gaelic | Son s'mooar ta'n Ooilley-niartal er n'yannoo er my hon, as s'casherick ta e ennym. |
| Maori | He nui hoki nga mahi a te Mea Kaha ki ahau; he tapu hoki tona ingoa. |
| Norwegian | fordi han har gjort store ting imot mig, han, den mektige, og hellig er hans navn, |
| Portuguese | porque o Poderoso me fez grandes coisas; e santo é o seu nome. |
| Rumanian | pentrucq Cel Atot Puternic a fqcut lucruri mari pentru mine. Numele Lui este sfknt, |
| Russian | ЮФП УПФЧПТЙМ нОЕ ЧЕМЙЮЙЕ уЙМШОЩК, Й УЧСФП ЙНС еЗП; |
| Shuar | Wisha péejchach ain ni wakeramurin umiktajtsan wakerakui winia Enentáimturayi. Tuma asamtai Ashí aents, "Marincha Yus shiir awajsaiti" tuke turutiartatui. Yuska Imiá penker tura Imiá kakaram ana nu winia ti uuntan Túrutaiti. Tuma asamtai Ashí aents "Marincha Yus shiir awajsaiti" turutiartatui. Núnaka Yamái nankamamunak tuke Turutú ajartatui. |
| Spanish | porque el Poderoso ha hecho grandes cosas conmigo. Su nombre es santo, |
| Swahili | Kwa kuwa Mwenyezi Mungu amenitendea makuu, jina lake ni takatifu. |
| Swedish | Ty den Mäktige har gjort stora ting med mig, och heligt är hans namn. |
| Uma | Apa' Alata'ala to mokuasa mpopehuwu kabaraka' -na hi aku'. Moroli' hanga' -na! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sanctum": sanctums. (additional references) | |
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"Sanctum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Saanichton, sanct, sancto, sanctu, sanctub, sanctuc, sanctue, sanctuf, sanctug, sanctui, sanctul, sanctur, sanctuy, sangtum, sanktum, sectum. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sanctum" (pronounced sa"ngktum) |
| 4 | -k t u m | dictum, rectum, victim. |
| 3 | -t u m | accustom, ageratum, antemortem, arboretum, atom, autumn, Bantam, bottom, momentum, phantom, quantum, centum, custom, datum, ecosystem, item, stratum, subsystem, symptom, system, totem, ultimatum, verbatim. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-m-n-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: cantus, muscat. | |
-2 letters: aunts, canst, cants, manus, mauts, musca, scant, scuta, sumac, tunas. | |
-3 letters: acts, amus, ants, anus, aunt, cams, cans, cant, cast, cats, cuts, macs, mans, mast, mats, maun, maut, muns, must, muts, nuts, scam, scan, scat, scum, scut, smut, stum, stun, tams, tans, taus, tuna, tuns, utas. | |
-4 letters: act, amu, ant, cam. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-m-n-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: muntjacs, sanctums, tsunamic. | |
+2 letters: aconitums, actiniums, cosmonaut. | |
+3 letters: catamounts, consummate, cosmonauts, culminates, humanistic, humectants, lunchmeats, manicurist, manuscript, numismatic, tenaculums. | |
+4 letters: accruements, accustoming, antimusical, avouchments, calumniates, catechumens, coatimundis, communalist, consummated, consummates, consummator, contumacies, cumulations, intercampus, maculations, manicurists, manuscripts, masculinist, masculinity, numismatics, pancratiums, uncustomary. | |
+5 letters: acquirements, anticonsumer, calumniators, circumstance, commensurate, communalists, communicants, communicates, commutations, computations, consummately, consummating, consummation, consummative, consummators, consummatory, contumacious, countermands, culminations, curtailments, emasculating, emasculation, euchromatins, lactalbumins, malfunctions, manufactures, masculinists, matriculants, mercurations, miseducating, miseducation, noctambulist, obscurantism, rambunctious, simulcasting, traducements, transhumance, tumefactions, unaccustomed, unsystematic. | |
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