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== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80221" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80221" /> == | ||
<p> is a Greek word, signifying <em> inaccessible, </em> by which is understood the most retired and secret place of the [[Heathen]] temples, into which, none but the priests were allowed to enter. The <em> adytum </em> of the [[Greeks]] and Romans answered to the <em> sanctum sanctorum </em> of the Jews, and was the place from whence oracles were delivered. </p> | |||
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_83581" /> == | |||
<p> (n.) The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_17959" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_17959" /> == | ||
<p> (from '''''Ἄδυτον''''' '', Inaccessible),'' the [[Shrine]] or inner room of a sacred building; hence applied in later times to the penetralia of the [[Temple]] at Jerusalem, which were accessible to the priests alone, especially the sanctuary, or </p> <p> "holy place," and still more to the "holy of holies," or inmost chamber. [[Ecclesiastical]] writers also employ it metaphorically to denote the recesses of the heart or spiritual nature, and sometimes to designate the deeper mysteries of divine truth. See [[Agion]] </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_80221"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/watson-s-biblical-theological-dictionary/adytum Adytum from Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_83581"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/adytum Adytum from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_17959"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/adytum Adytum from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 07:42, 15 October 2021
Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary [1]
is a Greek word, signifying inaccessible, by which is understood the most retired and secret place of the Heathen temples, into which, none but the priests were allowed to enter. The adytum of the Greeks and Romans answered to the sanctum sanctorum of the Jews, and was the place from whence oracles were delivered.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(n.) The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(from Ἄδυτον , Inaccessible), the Shrine or inner room of a sacred building; hence applied in later times to the penetralia of the Temple at Jerusalem, which were accessible to the priests alone, especially the sanctuary, or
"holy place," and still more to the "holy of holies," or inmost chamber. Ecclesiastical writers also employ it metaphorically to denote the recesses of the heart or spiritual nature, and sometimes to designate the deeper mysteries of divine truth. See Agion
