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Penetralia   Listen
noun
Penetralia  n. pl.  
1.
The recesses, or innermost parts, of any thing or place, especially of a temple or palace.
2.
Hidden things or secrets; privacy; sanctuary; as, the sacred penetralia of the home.





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... village proper of Cookham. It is a sleepy town, save in the boating-season; and whoever enters the post-office in any season finds it empty and inhospitable. Raps upon a tightly-closed inner door call a woman attendant from rattling sewing or noisy gossip of the invisible penetralia; and as soon as the business is done the inhospitable door swings shut again ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 • Various


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