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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'sanctum' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions sanctum noun  A place set apart, as with a sanctum sanctorum; a private retreat or workroom. 1848 For myself, I had no need to make any change; I should not be called upon to quit my of the schoolroom; for a it was now become to me, -- "a very pleasant refuge in time of trouble." Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre'', http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=111118993&tag=Bronte,+Charlotte,+1816-1855.:+Jane+Eyre:+an+autobiography,+Vol.+I,+1848&query=sanctum&id=BroJanI Chapter 17. Etymology: Latin sanctum, 'holy place'        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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