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From this strict prohibition relative to the laity the term adyta
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Another striking feature of the temple is the delicate stone carving found above the two adyta.
Temple of the 'Bride of the Desert' Christian C. Sahner 2011
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Built along a north-south axis, Palmyra's temple contains two niches, or adyta , that once housed the cult statues of Bel, Iarhibol and Aglibol, members of the city's divine triad.
Temple of the 'Bride of the Desert' Christian C. Sahner 2011
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Amit: while writing to adyta i wondered about other things: there is a limit about how many categories can be added?
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“Harim,” or sacred, having adyta which are kept secret from the prying eyes of men, and, therefore, should be served by eunuchs.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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They who saw these sights in the _adyta_ of temples, in caves and sacred groves, in initiations and oracular consultations, were all prepared by fasting, watching, and prayer, for the reception of biological influence, and possibly may have seemed to themselves to see what others desired they should believe themselves to have actually seen.
The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Various
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It is not the ever-victorious and successful that we take into the adyta of our hearts.
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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Wherefore, in accordance with the method of concealment, the truly sacred Word, truly divine and most necessary for us, deposited in the shrine of truth, was by the Egyptians indicated by what were called among them _adyta_, and by the Hebrews
Mystic Christianity William Walker Atkinson 1897
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Wherefore, in accordance with the method of concealment, the truly sacred Word, truly divine and most necessary for us, deposited in the shrine of truth, was by the Egyptians indicated by what were called among them _adyta_, and by the Hebrews by the veil.
Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries Annie Wood Besant 1890
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Had Maedler, with telescopic insight, climbed by mathematical ladders to the starry adyta of nature, and triumphantly raised the mystic veil?
Macaria; or, Altars of Sacrifice Augusta Jane 1864
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