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

A garden lies between the pylon and the adytum.

From Paul Faber, Surgeon by MacDonald, George

A carpet, laid loose over the steps, forestalled every atom of defilement, and, descending cautiously and fearfully through portals and outer courts, we trod presently the adytum.

From Gala-days by Hamilton, Gail

Two of the biggest, sir, stood in the adytum to form the baldachin over the Ark. But the wings of thim sculptures was intindid for horns.

From Sixes and Sevens by Henry, O.