< 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
ADYTUM, the Latinized form of ἄδυτον (not to be entered), the innermost sanctuary in ancient temples, access to which was forbidden to all but the officiating priests. The most famous adytum in Greece was in the temple of Apollo at Delphi.
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