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Another word for sanctuary

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Noun

  1. A sacred or holy place

    See also:

    sacred

  2. Something that physically protects, especially from danger

    See also:

    safety

    attack

  3. The state of being protected or safeguarded, as from danger or hardship

    See also:

    safety

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for sanctuary

Noun

  1. A sacred place

    See also:

    temple

    church

  2. A place to which one may retire

  3. A refuge for wild life

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Sentence Examples

  • He returned to the Sanctuary, to the Oracle, who was busy scribbling.

  • The heavy Caribbean air of the Sanctuary was warm and fragrant with the scent of the sea.

  • Falling thirty stories onto the hard sand of the Sanctuary did nothing to help.

  • Unless you want to blow up my Sanctuary again?

  • They have almost all died unawares, sitting in the sanctuary they had guarded and which is now no more.

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