Sanctuaries Synonyms

A refuge for wild life
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. asylums
  2. shelters
  3. refuges
  4. parks
Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. retreats
  2. havens
  3. safeties
  4. shelters
  5. dens
  6. refuges
  7. harbors
  8. covers
  9. protections
  10. shrines
  11. sancta
  12. sacraria
  13. asylums
  14. preserves
  15. ports
  16. oases
  17. shields
  18. defenses
  19. screens
  20. churches
  21. adyta
  22. resorts
  23. temples
  24. hideaways
  25. tabernacles
  26. coverts
  27. chapels
A sacred place
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. shrines
  2. sancta
  3. temples
  4. sacraria
The condition of being protected or comforted:
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. shelters

Sanctuaries Sentence Examples

  • Sanctuaries were managed by a convent of women who cared for the lost and injured.

  • There are four Sanctuaries.

  • The size of the sanctuaries, however, was compensated for by their number; in Ostia alone there were five.

  • They served the threefold purpose of sanctuaries, reservoirs and assembly-rooms. A special feature was their use for the celebration of marriages.

  • With the definite triumph of the church, the profanation of its sanctuaries became less frequent, and once robbery or seizure of ecclesiastical possessions or violation of its privileges tended to absorb the attention of synods and popes.

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