szentély

== Hungarian == === Etymology === szent +‎ -ély === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsɛnteːj] Hyphenation: szen‧tély Rhymes: -eːj === Noun === szentély (plural szentélyek) (religion) sanctuary (a consecrated area of a Catholic church around its tabernacle or altar) (Judaism) ark (a decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept) temple, shrine (a holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity) (literary) shrine (a place or object hallowed from its history or associations) ==== Declension ==== === See also === Appendix:Hungarian words with ly === References === === Further reading === szentély in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.