adytum

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They contained an outer court for the public, and an inner sanctuary for the priests, called the "Adytum."

From Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning by Doane, T. W.

Pourtrayed on the inner wall of the Adytum of one of the sanctuaries belonging to the great temple of Palenque, appears the chief god of the Tultecan people.

From Heathen Mythology by Various

But, above all, was she impressed by the depth in depths of meaning of this Sacred Adytum in its symbolic relation to the whole structure.

From Within the Temple of Isis by Wagner, Belle M.

Adytum, ad′i-tum, n. the most sacred part of a heathen temple: the chancel of a church:—pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various