sanctuary
A place of safety, refuge or protection.
Example
“My car is a sanctuary, where none can disturb me except for people who cut me off.”
Other meanings
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.”
A kind of
- place
Related words
- cybersanctuary
- ecosanctuary
- mantuary
- protosanctuary
- sanctuaried
- sanctuarize
- unsanctuaried
- animal sanctuary
- gun sanctuary
- Second Amendment sanctuary
- sanctuary city
- sanctuarylike
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "sanctus" (holy, sacred).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sanctuary” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.