Holy of Holies

See also: holy of holies

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Proper noun

Holy of Holies

1. 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.

2. (informal, humorous) One's private retreat, inner sanctum.

Translations

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)
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• Latin: adytum n, sanctum sanctorum n
• Macedonian: светиња над светињите f (svetinja nad svetinjite)
• Portuguese: ádito (pt) m
• Russian: свята́я святы́х (ru) f (svjatája svjatýx)
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• Swedish: allra heligaste n, allraheligaste n
• Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: קדשי־קדשים (kodshe-kedoshem)

inner sanctum

• German: Allerheiligstes (de) n
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• Greek: τα άδυτα των αδύτων n or pl (ta ádyta ton adýton)