Raised area of worship in a synagogue upon which rests the Holy Ark containing Scrolls of Torah.
A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
The area surrounding the altar of a Christian church; the sanctuary or piscina. Sometimes specifically a drain directly to the earth, perhaps including reference to a basin, for washing vessels from consecration.
In Ancient Rome, a place where sacred objects were kept, either in a temple (the adytum) or in a house (holding the penates)
The complex sacrum of any bird.