sanctum
sangk tuhm
- n a place of inviolable privacy
he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go - n a sacred place of pilgrimage
- An older black woman in an Obama t-shirt, bright kerchief and big glasses had a view just inside the sanctum; she hopped to her feet and waved her hands like she had just seen Elvis.
- In person, close up, the Viet Nam Veterans Memorial--two skinny black granite triangles wedged onto a mound of Washington sod--is some kind of sanctum, beautiful and terrible.
- For 10 weeks, contestants on Bravo's reality series Top Design worked to impress Wearstler, who served as a judge on the show, on challenges like creating an inner sanctum for a .