Both Uses of
sanctity
in
The House of the Seven Gables
- Their companions, or those who endeavored to become such, grew conscious of a circle round about the Maules, within the sanctity or the spell of which, in spite of an exterior of sufficient frankness and good-fellowship, it was impossible for any man to step.†
Chpt 1
- A baker's cart had already rattled through the street, chasing away the latest vestige of night's sanctity with the jingle-jangle of its dissonant bells.†
Chpt 2 *
Definition:
the quality of being sacred or deserving deep respect