Adʹytum.

The Holy of Holies in the Greek and Roman temples, into which the general public were not admitted. (Greek, a-duton = not to be entered; duo, to go.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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