Example sentences for: sanctum

How can you use “sanctum” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • These date from around 1250 b.c. and surround and protect the inner sanctum through which the only entrance is the world-famous Lion’s Gate decorated with the earliest known monumental sculpture in Europe.

  • The Precinct of Demeter lay in a walled complex, and its inner sanctum, the Periklean Telesterion, where only initiates were allowed to enter, sat within the temple.

  • Within the temple itself the gods share Hypostyle Halls and an inner sanctum.

  • The path leads on directly in front of the Temple of Athena Nike to the Propylaia (sacred entranceway), which led on into the inner sanctum.

  • Here a row of Ionian columns mark the entrance to a rectangular inner sanctum of the new Temple of Athena.


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