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  2. Glossary of ancient Roman religion - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of the term later extended to denote the shrine built to house the stake. [142] Compare aedes , fanum , and templum . Isidore connected the delubrum with the verb diluere , "to wash", describing it as a "spring-shrine", sometimes with annexed pool, where people would wash before entering, thus comparable to a Christian baptismal font .

  3. 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 ...

  4. List of Latin phrases (S) - Wikipedia

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    with the tight meaning: Less literally, "in the strict sense". stupor mundi: the wonder of the world: A title given to Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor. More literally translated "the bewilderment of the world", or, in its original, pre-Medieval sense, "the stupidity of the world". sua sponte: by its own accord

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Sanctuary - Wikipedia

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    Sanctuary marker (S) at Holyrood Abbey, Royal Mile, Edinburgh Ajax the Younger violates Cassandra's sanctuary at the Palladium: tondo of an Attic cup, ca. 440–430 BCE. A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine, protected by ecclesiastical immunity.

  8. Sancta Sanctorum (Lateran, Rome) - Wikipedia

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    The chapel acquired the Sancta Sanctorum sometime in the ninth century. [1] The spelling is Sancta, the neuter plural form of the Latin adjective "holy": this is a reference to the multiple relics preserved there (i.e. "the holy things") and to the Holy of Holies in Jerusalem, traditionally called in Latin both sanctum sanctorum (the singular form) or sancta sanctorum.

  9. Darshan (Indian religions) - Wikipedia

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    Devotees taking darshana of the god Vishnu in the inner sanctum of the Chennakeshava Temple, Belur. In Indian religions , a darshan ( Sanskrit : दर्शन, IAST : darśana ; lit. 'showing, appearance, [ 1 ] view, sight') or darshanam is the auspicious sight of a deity or a holy person.