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sanctuary
English
Etymology
From Middle English sanctuary, from Old French saintuaire, from Late Latin sanctuarium (“a sacred place, a shrine, a private cabinet, in Medieval Latin also temple, church, churchyard, cemetery, right of asylum”), from Latin sanctus (“holy, sacred”); see saint.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sæ?ktj???i/, /?sæ?kt?????i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sæ?kt??u???i/
- Hyphenation: sanc?tu?ary
Noun
sanctuary (plural sanctuaries)
- A place of safety, refuge, or protection.
- My car is a sanctuary, where none can disturb me except for people who cut me off.
- An area set aside for protection.
- The bird sanctuary has strict restrictions on visitors so the birds aren't disturbed.
- A state of being protected, asylum.
- The government granted sanctuary to the defector, protecting him from his former government.
- The consecrated (or sacred) area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar.
Synonyms
- haven
- presbytery
- refuge
- zoar
- shelter
Translations
Further reading
- sanctuary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- sanctuary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Derived terms
- privileged sanctuary
- sanctuary city
- sanctuarylike
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iconostasis
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?k??n?st?s?s/
Noun
iconostasis (plural iconostases)
- (Eastern Orthodoxy) A wall of icons between the sanctuary and the nave in a church of eastern Christendom.
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