n.
A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum.
Next Wordn.
A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus Laurus. →
v. i.
Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like. →
n.
A dome parallel to the longer lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. See Dome, n., 4. →
n.
The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position. →