Brewer's: Adytum

Ad′ytum

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.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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