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Adytum, ad′i-tum, n. the most sacred part of a heathen temple: the chancel of a church:—pl.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 1 OF 4: A-D)VARIOUSThe adytum itself consists of three apartments, entirely of granite.
THE OVERLAND GUIDE-BOOKJAMES BARBERBehind the adytum are small rooms for the priests who served in the temple.
CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLEJAMES KINGAll the old temples had an adytum, sanctuary, or holy of holies—a place not open to the profane, but protected by rigid taboos.
BIBLE STUDIESJOSEPH M. WHEELERAuthor's hospitable reception there, and admission to the adytum, 119.
AN ACCOUNT OF TIMBUCTOO AND HOUSA TERRITORIES IN THE INTERIOR OF AFRICAABD SALAM SHABEENYThence we reach the pronaos or portico, after which we enter the cell, divided into the naos and adytum.
A MANUAL OF THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ARTG. G. (GUSTAVUS GEORGE) ZERFFIThey contained an outer court for the public, and an inner sanctuary for the priests, called the "Adytum."
BIBLE MYTHS AND THEIR PARALLELS IN OTHER RELIGIONST. W. DOANEWithin the adytum of an Egyptian temple we might have found "an ox wallowing on purple tapestry."
THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGSF. W. FARRARNobody was admitted here, except the initiates of the mysteries of the adytum.
FROM THE CAVES AND JUNGLES OF HINDOSTANHELENA PRETROVNA BLAVATSKYTaboaa, temple of the time of Rameses II., with avenue of sphinxes; the adytum is cut in the rock, the rest built.
THE OVERLAND GUIDE-BOOKJAMES BARBERWORDS RELATED TO ADYTUM
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