Sanctum

English

Noun

Sanctum (plural Sanctums)

1. A place set apart, as with a sanctum sanctorum; a private retreat or workroom.
   • 1848, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, Chapter 17.

     For myself, I had no need to make any change; I should not be called upon to quit my sanctum of the schoolroom; for a sanctum it was now become to me, -- "a very pleasant refuge in time of trouble."

Thesaurus

adytum, ashram, cabinet, cell, cloister, closet, den, hermitage, hideaway, hideout, hiding place, holy of holies, holy place, ivory tower, lair, mew, privacy, recess, retreat, sacrarium, sanctuary, sanctum sanctorum, secret place, shrine, study

Etymology

From Latin sānctum (“holy place”).