sanctumsanctorum

The holy of holies; the innermost or most holy part of the Jewish tabernacle or temple. săńc-tūs, s. [Lat.=holy.] Music : A part of the Communion Service in the Church of England, and a part of the Ma in the Church of Rome, beginning with the word Sanctus in the latter, and Hely in the former. In many cathedrals where it is not usual to celebrate chorally, the Sanctus is used as an Introit. sanctus-bell, saint's-bell, *sance-bell, subst. A small bell which is rung in order to mark the progre of the office of the Ma . In some churches bells of this kind are placed outside the church, so that those unable to be present inside may be reminded of important parts of the service. A hand-bell is now often used. sănd, *sond, subst. [A. S. sand; cogn. with Dut. zand; Icel. sandr; Dan. & Sw. sand; Ger. sand.] I. Literally: 1. Petrol. & Geol.: Comminuted fragments of igneous, metamorphic, or volcanic rocks, or of chert, flint, . They are detached from the parent rock, and as bowlders and pebbles are ground against each other by water on sea-beaches or in any similar way. The colors of sand correspond to those of the minerals in the rocks from which they were detached. It may be red, white, gray, or black, but when quartzose, as it often is, it is normally reddish-yellow, from oxide of iron. Sea-sand often contains Foraminifera, spicules of sponges, minute fragments of shells, portions of the body of Echinoderms, . [SANDSTONE, SPONGE-SAND.] 2. ( Pl .): Tracts of land consisting of sand, as the deserts of Arabia or Africa; also, tracts of sand left Boy , 9.) *săńc-tu-a-rīze, v. t . [Eng. sanctuar (y); suff. exposed by the ebb of the tide. (Tennyson: Sailor -ize.] To shelter from punishment by affording to the perpetrator of a crime a sanctuary. "No place, indeed, should murder sanctuarize." Shakesp.: Hamlet, iv. 7. săńc-tu-a-rỹ, *sein-tu-a-rie, *seynt-war-y, 8. [Fr. sanctuaire (O. Fr. saintuaire , saintuairie ), from Lat. sanctuarium (1) a place for keeping sacred things, a throne, a sanctuary, (2) a prince's private cabinet, from sanctus =holy; Sp., Port., & Ital. santuario .] 1. A holy place, a place regarded as one in which the divinity manifests or has manifested his special presence, or a place consecrated to his worship. (1) Spec .: The holy place, as contradistinguished from the place most holy in the Jewish tabernacle and temple. (2) A house consecrated to the worship of God; a place where divine worship is performed; a church. (3) The cella or sacred part of an Egyptian, Greek, or Roman temple. (4) Applied by Roman Catholics and Anglicans to that part of the church where the altar is placed. 2. A place of protection or refuge; an asylum. "Come, my boy, we will to sanctuary." Shakesp.: Richard III., ii. 4. 3. Refuge in a sacred place; shelter, protection, asylum. "Yield me sanctuary." -Tennyson: Guinevere, 140. 4. The right or privilege of affording shelter, asylum, or protection; a privilege attached to certain places, by virtue of which criminals taking refuge in them were protected from the ordinary operation of the law. In many Catholic countries certain churches have, from very early times, been set apart as asylums for fugitives from justice. In England any themecept reason, wherein the up to reign of James I., if a person Crown, and sacrilege, wherein the Church, was too nearly concerned, fled to any church, or churchyard, and within forty days after confe ed his guilt and abjured the realm, he saved life, but was never the le attainted, and forfeited all his goods and chattels. This privilege was finally abolished by the statute 21 James I., c. 28. Sanctuaries for debtors existed in London till 1697. In Scotland the abbey of Holyrood House and its precincts still retain the privilege of giving sanctuary to debtors, though, from the abolition of imprisonment for debt, such sanctuary is no longer used. 5. Refuge generally; shelter, protection. "Solitude, however some may rave, Seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave." Cowper: Retirement, 735. To break sanctuary: To violate a sanctuary. *sanctuary-man, *seyntwary-man, s. One who has taken refuge in a sanctuary. "Toke with them all maner of seyntwary-men." Fabyan: Chronycle (an. 1380). II. Figuratively : 2. The floor of a foundry in which large castings are made, or on which the flasks are laid, rammed, and poured. 3. Any thick layer of sand, especially one naturally deposited.