Middle English Dictionary Entry
sancta sanctōrum phr.
Entry Info
| Forms | sancta sanctōrum phr. |
| Etymology | L, pl. of sanctum sanctōrum; occas. used with sg. meaning in the Vulgate. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The Holy of Holies, the inner chamber of the tabernacle or the temple.
Associated quotations
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Heb.9.3 : The secunde tabernacle, that is seid sancta sanctorum, that is, hooly of hooli thingis.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1274 : Þe lamp..lemed evermore Bifore þ[e] Sancta Sanctorum.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1491 : Bifore þe sancta sanctorum soþefast Dryȝtyn Expouned his speche spyrytually to special prophetes.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)55/34 : This place the Iewes callen Sancta Sanctorum, þat is to seye, holy of halewes.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)35 : Þei..schal not niȝe to me, þat þei vse presthed to me, ne nye to al my sanctuari, bi þe sancta sanctorum.