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ADYTUM
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V01,
Page 244
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ADYTUM , the Latinized See also:form of &Svrov (not to be entered), the innermost See also:sanctuary in See also:ancient temples, See also:access to which was forbidden to all but the officiating priests . The most famous adytum in See also:Greece was in the See also:temple of See also:Apollo at See also:Delphi . |
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