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  2. Sanctum sanctorum - Wikipedia

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    Sanctum sanctorum of Airavatesvara Temple, India. The Latin phrase sanctum sanctorum is a translation of the Hebrew term קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים (Qṓḏeš HaQŏḏāšîm), literally meaning Holy of Holies, which generally refers in Latin texts to the holiest place of the Ancient Israelites, inside the Tabernacle and later inside the Temple in Jerusalem, but the term also has ...

  3. Sanctum - Wikipedia

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    Sanctum sanctorum, a Latin phrase meaning "Holy of Holies" Sanctum Sanctorum (Marvel Comics), a fictional building in the Marvel Universe; Garbhagriha, the innermost sanctuary of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist temples

  4. List of Latin phrases (S) - Wikipedia

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    sanctum sanctorum: Holy of Holies: referring to a more sacred and/or guarded place, within a lesser guarded, yet also holy location. sapere aude: dare to know: From Horace's Epistularum liber primus, Epistle II, line 40. Made popular in Kant's essay Answering the Question: What Is Enlightenment? defining the Age of Enlightenment. The phrase is ...

  5. Garbhagriha - Wikipedia

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    A garbhagriha (Sanskrit: गर्भगृह, romanized: Garbhagṛha) is the innermost sanctuary of Hindu and Jain temples, what may be called the "holy of holies" or "sanctum sanctorum". The term garbhagriha (literally, "womb chamber") comes from the Sanskrit words garbha for womb and griha for house.

  6. Sanctorum - Wikipedia

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    Sanctum sanctorum, a Latin phrase that literally means "Holy of Holies"; Sortes Sanctorum, a type of divination or cleromancy practiced in early Christianity; In Splendoribus Sanctorum, the communion chant for the propers of Christmas midnight mass, sung during the distribution of holy communion

  7. 18 quirky British Christmas traditions that probably confuse ...

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    The BBC reported that the first-known mince-pie recipe dates back to an 1830s-era English cookbook. By the mid-17th century, people reportedly began associating the small pies with Christmas. At ...

  8. Hindu temple - Wikipedia

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    In North Indian temples, the tallest towers are built over the sanctum sanctorum in which the deity is installed. [ 149 ] The north India Nagara style of temple designs often deploy fractal -theme, where smaller parts of the temple are themselves images or geometric re-arrangement of the large temple, a concept that later inspired French and ...

  9. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for ...

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    Move over, Wordle and Connections—there's a new NYT word game in town! The New York Times' recent game, "Strands," is becoming more and more popular as another daily activity fans can find on ...