Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
adytum .
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- noun obsolete The innermost sanctum of a temple, in which oracles were announced.
Etymologies
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From Latin adytum.
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Examples
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The recess in which it stands hath, behind this rock, and the rocks which surround it, a withdrawn and recluse passage which the eye cannot look into but with an idea of its coming from some more secret and holy adyt.
Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas
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Therefore it should be closed immediately on health and safety grounds. adyt, eynsham says ...
unknown title 2009
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