adytum

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Later that night, I peeked into the center’s adytum, a dark and lovely stone chapel whose altar glowed with candlelight.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2011

The crypt of adytum, used by priests for unknown rituals, was about 12 by 13 feet, roughly built, its floor stuccoed.

From Time Magazine Archive

He contends the original level to be that of his office, which lies on the right of the adytum.

From From a Cornish Window A New Edition by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Here, Philip thought, was the adytum of no ordinary man; it was the study of a scholar and a scientist.

From God's Country—And the Woman by Curwood, James Oliver

They never alluded to their affluent neighbor, never suffered gossip concerning the Boones in what Olympia humorously called the "Orphic adytum," the "tabby-shop," as Wesley named the Perley parlors.

From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis)