Holy of Holies

See also: holy of holies

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Holy of Holies

The most sacred place within a sacred building.
- 1882. Franz von Reber, Joseph Thacher Clarke, History of Ancient Art, page 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.
(informal, humorous) One's private retreat, inner sanctum.

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the most sacred place within a sacred building

Bulgarian: светая светих (svetaja svetih)
Classical Nahuatl: teōpam māhuizzōcan
Dutch: heilige der heiligen n, allerheiligste n
Finnish: kaikkein pyhin
French: saint des saints (fr) m
German: Allerheiligstes (de) n
Greek: άδυτο (el) n (ádyto), ιερό (el) n (ieró)
Hebrew: קודש הקודשים‎ m (kodesh hakodashim)

Latin: adytum n, sanctum sanctorum n
Macedonian: светиња над светињите f (svétinja nad svetínjite)
Portuguese: ádito (pt) m
Russian: свята́я святы́х (ru) f (svjatája svjatýx)
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inner sanctum

German: Allerheiligstes (de) n

Greek: τα άδυτα των αδύτων n or pl (ta ádyta ton adýton)

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