Word Meanings - SANCTUARY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site. Hence, specifically: The most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to

Additional info about word: SANCTUARY

A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site. Hence, specifically: The most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to enter except the high priest, and he only once a year, to intercede for the people; also, the most sacred part of the tabernacle; also, the temple at Jerusalem. The most sacred part of any religious building, esp. that part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed. A house consecrated to the worship of God; a place where divine service is performed; a church, temple, or other place of worship. A sacred and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection; shelter; refuge; protection. These laws, whoever made them, bestowed on temples the privelege of sanctuary. Milton These admirable works of painting were made fuel for the fire; but some relics of it took sanctuary under ground, and escaped the common destiny. Dryden. Wildlife sanctuary, a tract of land set aside by law for the preservation of wildlife, in which no hunting is permitted. (more info) saintuaire, F. sanctuaire, fr. L. sanctuarium, from sanctus sacred,

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SANCTUARY)

• Refuge
• Protection
• shelter
• harbor
• asylum
• retreat
• covert
• hospitality
• sanctuary
• hiding-place

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SANCTUARY)

• Eject
• expel
• discard
• discourage
• stifle
• exclude
• banish
• dismiss
• Expose
• surrender
• betray
• imperil
• endanger

Related words: (words related to SANCTUARY)

• DISMISSIVE
  Giving dismission.
• STIFLED
  Stifling. The close and stifled study. Hawthorne.
• EJECTOR
  A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. Ejector condenser , a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.
• DISMISSAL
  Dismission; discharge. Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. Motley.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• SHELTERLESS
  Destitute of shelter or protection. Now sad and shelterless perhaps she lies. Rowe.
• REFUGE
  1. Shelter or protection from danger or distress. Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these Find place or refuge. Milton. We might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us. Heb. vi. 18. 2.
• RETREATFUL
  Furnishing or serving as a retreat. "Our retreatful flood." Chapman.
• EJECTMENT
  A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it. Wharton. (more info) 1. A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of
• RETREATMENT
  The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira. D'Urfey.
• HARBOR MASTER
  An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor.
• DISMISS
  1. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away. He dismissed the assembly. Acts xix. 41. Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock. Cowper. Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs. Dryden.
• EXPOSEDNESS
  The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.
• DISCOURAGEMENT
  1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection. 2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent;
• BETRAYAL
  The act or the result of betraying.
• HOSPITALITY
  The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality. Given to hospitality. Rom. xii. 13. And little recks to find the way to heaven By doing deeds
• EXPOSE
  1. To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection. Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them
• COVERT BARON
  Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill.
• HARBOROUS
  Hospitable.
• SHELTERY
  Affording shelter.
• DEJECTION
  1. A casting down; depression. Hallywell. 2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson. 3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. What besides,
• DEJECTORY
  1. Having power, or tending, to cast down. 2. Promoting evacuations by stool. Ferrand.
• UNHARBOR
  To drive from harbor or shelter.
• DISCOVERTURE
  A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband. (more info) 1. Discovery.
• REJECTER
  One who rejects.
• REBANISH
  To banish again.