penetralia
Example Sentences
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Like Kahn’s buildings, too, Lesser’s book has its penetralia, core elements to which one is only gradually led.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2017
The book is littered with show-off phrases such as "alembicated piety" and "the penetralia of one's self-regard."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Pray, walk in, Mr. Sewell," she said, rising, and leading the way toward the penetralia of the best room.
From The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
It was Ludovic,—Ludovic in her aunt's house,—Ludovic at her chamber door,—Ludovic there, within the very penetralia of their abode, while her aunt and Peter Steinmarc were sitting in the chamber below!
From Linda Tressel by Trollope, Anthony
Custom and pride and chivalry were the goddesses of the family penetralia, and debt maintained the vestal-fires.
From Caravans By Night A Romance of India by Hervey, Harry
