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The recesses, or innermost parts, of any thing or place, especially of a temple or palace.

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  1. n. pl. The recesses, or innermost parts, of any thing or place, especially of a temple or palace.
  2. n. pl. Hidden things or secrets; privacy; sanctuary; as, the sacred penetralia of the home.
  3. 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.
  4. The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering orpiercing; penetrating power of quality; as, the penetrancy of subtileeffluvia.
  5. n. the innermost parts