"adyt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: adyts [plural]
Etymology: From Latin adytum. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|adytum}} Latin adytum Head templates: {{en-noun}} adyt (plural adyts)
  1. (archaic, poetic) The innermost sanctum of a temple, in which oracles are announced. Tags: archaic, poetic

Inflected forms

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          "text": "But he refused to abandon his question while there was yet a room, an adyt, a tower to be searched, or vault uncovered in shadowed depths. He called forth loudly again and again. But none responded to his words save the rats who scurried to seek out other places of hiding, vanishing into the shadows […]",
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