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

Author's hospitable reception there, and admission to the adytum, 119.

From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey

But now it appeared that thus far I had never been admitted to the adytum.

From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II by Fuller, Margaret

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