Antonyms for adytum

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ad-i-tuh m

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæd ɪ təm

Definition of adytum

As in retreat : noun place one goes for peace

Example sentences :

I must find him: I must continue my lessons: I must lead him into the adytum of Wisdom.
Extract from : « The Last Days of Pompeii » by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

Two of the biggest, sir, stood in the adytum to form the baldachin over the Ark.
Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry

The adytum itself consists of three apartments, entirely of granite.
Extract from : « The Overland Guide-book » by James Barber

Behind the adytum are small rooms for the priests who served in the temple.
Extract from : « Cleopatra's Needle » by James King

Adytum, ad′i-tum, n. the most sacred part of a heathen temple: the chancel of a church:—pl.
Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various

Taboaa, temple of the time of Rameses II., with avenue of sphinxes; the adytum is cut in the rock, the rest built.
Extract from : « The Overland Guide-book » by James Barber

Within the adytum of an Egyptian temple we might have found "an ox wallowing on purple tapestry."
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings » by F. W. Farrar

Nobody was admitted here, except the initiates of the mysteries of the adytum.
Extract from : « From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan » by Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky

All the old temples had an adytum, sanctuary, or holy of holies—a place not open to the profane, but protected by rigid taboos.
Extract from : « Bible Studies » by Joseph M. Wheeler

They contained an outer court for the public, and an inner sanctuary for the priests, called the "Adytum."
Extract from : « Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions » by T. W. Doane

Synonyms for adytum

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