Word Meanings - ADYTUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.

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• CHAMBERING
  Lewdness. Rom. xiii. 13.
• WHENCEFORTH
  From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
• CHAMBERER
  1. One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid. Chaucer. 2. A civilian; a carpetmonger.
• PRIVATEERING
  Cruising in a privateer.
• CHAMBERED
  Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun.
• SHRINE
  1. A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint. 2. Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like. Too weak the sacred shrine guard. Byron. 3. A place or object hallowed
• INNERMOSTLY
  In the innermost place. His ebon cross worn innermostly. Mrs. Browning.
• PRIVATEERSMAN
  An officer or seaman of a privateer.
• CHAMBERMAID
  1. A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc. 2. A lady's maid. Johnson.
• PRIVATE
  A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer. Macaulay. 6. pl. (more info) 1. A secret message; a personal unofficial communication. Shak. 2. Personal interest; particular business. Nor must I be unmindful of my private.
• ANCIENTNESS
  The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.
• ANCIENTLY
  1. In ancient times. 2. In an ancient manner.
• HENCE
  ending; cf. -wards), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinnan, G. hinnen, OHG. 1. From this place; away. "Or that we hence wend." Chaucer. Arise, let us go hence. John xiv. 31. I will send
• WHENCEEVER
  Whencesoever.
• CHAMBER
  1. To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers. 2. To be lascivious.
• PRIVATELY
  1. In a private manner; not openly; without the presence of others. 2. In a manner affecting an individual; personally not officially; as, he is not privately benefited.
• GIVEN
  p. p. & a. from Give, v.
• PRIVATEER
  1. An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See Letters of marque, under Marque. 2. The commander of a privateer. Kidd soon threw off the character of a privateer and became a pirate.
• CHAMBERLAIN
  OHG. chamerling, chamarlinc, G. kämmerling, kammer chamber (fr. L. 1. An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers. 2. An upper servant of an inn. 3. An officer having the direction and management of the private chambers of a
• SANCTUARY
  A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site. Hence, specifically: The most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to
• HEREHENCE
  From hence.
• STAR-CHAMBER
  An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed
• THENCEFROM
  From that place.
• INCHAMBER
  To lodge in a chamber. Sherwood.
• ENSHRINE
  To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory. We will enshrine it as holy relic. Massinger.
• COMBUSTION CHAMBER
  A space over, or in front of , a boiler furnace where the gases from the fire become more thoroughly mixed and burnt. The clearance space in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine where the charge is compressed and ignited.
• AIR CHAMBER
  1. A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant. 2. A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine.
• BEDCHAMBER
  A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in. Shak. Lords of the bedchamber, eight officers of the royal household, all of noble families, who wait in turn a week each. -- Ladies of the bedchamber, eight ladies, all titled, holding a similar
• THENCE
  see -wards) thennes, thannes , AS. thanon, thanan, thonan; akin to OHG. dannana, dannan, danan, and G. 1. From that place. "Bid him thence go." Chaucer. When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Mark
• ARCHENCEPHALA
  The division that includes man alone. R. Owen.
• THENCEFORTH
  From that time; thereafter. If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted it is thenceforth good for nothing. Matt. v. 13. Note: This word is sometimes preceded by from, -- a redundancy sanctioned by custom. Chaucer. John. xix. 12.