Look up: Asylum

1. asylum
   [Noun] A refuge or a place of safety.
   Example: A church is often a place of asylum from evil in horror movies.
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2. asylum
   (Learning Modules / Psychology / Measuring the unmeasurable) Institution for those suffering from mental disorders (historical term).
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3. Asylum
   Any place of refuge or sanctuary but usually an institution for the chronically unwell especially the insane but also TB
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4. asylum
   1)In general terms, means refuge or shelter; 2)In diplomatic terms, permission for temporary or permanent stay on its territory, consented by a State to a person rendered homeless due to a disaster, or to a refugee or persecuted people Category: Management in the public and private sector
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5. Asylum
   A·sy'lum noun ; plural English Asylums Latin Asyla [ Latin asylum , Greek ..., from ... exempt from spoliation, inviolable; 'a priv. + ... right of seizure.] 1. A sanctuary or place of refuge and protecti...
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6. asylum
   Old term for an institution for the housing and care of those who by reason of age or mental or bodily infirmities are unable to care for themselves. ... Origin: L. Fr. G. Asylon, a sanctuary, fr. A-priv. + syle, right of seizure ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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7. Asylum
   • (n.) A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege. • (n.) Any place of retreat and security. • (n.) An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, ...
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8. asylum
   in international law, the protection granted by a state to a foreign citizen against his own state. The person for whom asylum is established has no ... [14 related articles]
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9. asylum
   asylum 1. Protection and immunity from extradition granted by a government to somebody who has fled another country, e.g. because of political oppression. 2. A shelter and protection from danger, or imminent harm, provided by a sheltered place. 3. Currently an offensive term for an institution for...
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10. asylum
    
    • a shelter from danger or hardship
    • a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
    
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11. asylum
    asylum (usī'lum) , extension of hospitality and protection to a fugitive and the place where such protection is offered. The use of temples and churches for this purpose in ancient and medieval times was known as sanctuary. In modern international law, the granting of asylum to refugees fr...
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12. Asylum
    Asylum was a sanctuary or place of refuge, where criminals and debtors sheltered themselves from justice, and from which they could not be taken without sacrilege. Temples were anciently asylums, as were Christian churches in later times. The term in the 19th century was usually applied to an instit...
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13. asylum
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-sī′lŭm Definitions: 1. Older term for an institution for the housing and care of those who by reason of age or of mental or bodily infirmities are unable to care for themselves.
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14. Asylum
    (Kiss album) `Asylum` is the 13th studio album by the American band Kiss. It features the debut of lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, who played with the band on their Animalize tour and officially replaced Mark St. John in September 1984. He was the band`s third lead guitarist since ...
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15. Asylum
    (Doctor Who) `Asylum` is a BBC Books original novel written by Peter Darvill-Evans and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Fourth Doctor and Nyssa (Resulting in a slight temporal paradox as the Nyssa featured here comes...
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16. Asylum
    (TV series) `Asylum` is a British comedy series which was shown on Paramount Comedy Channel in 1996. Set in a mental asylum, it ran for one series of six episodes. Unlike traditional sitcoms or comedy television shows, it was to some extent an opportunity for stand-up routines by vario...
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17. Asylum
    (comics) This article is about the Marvel Comics characters. For the Image Comics anthology, see Asylum (Image Comics). image= --> `Asylum` is the name of two characters in the Marvel Comics Universe. Asylum : Fictional character biography: The first Asylum was a mental patient who was...
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18. Asylum
    (The Orb song) "`Asylum`" is a single by The Orb from their 1997 album Orblivion. The single was released in two discs and featured remixes from artists including Thomas Fehlmann and Andrew Weatherall. External links:
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19. Asylum
    (Image Comics) `Asylum` was a comic book anthology series published by , and featured several stories in each issue, including Tales of the Beanworld, Avengelyne and others. It ran for eleven issues in the late 1990s. References:
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20. Asylum
    (antiquity) In ancient Greece the temples, altars, sacred groves, and statues of the gods generally possessed the privileges of protecting slaves, debtors, and criminals, who fled to them for refuge. The laws, however, do not appear to have recognised the right of all such sacred places to af...
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21. Asylum
    (Disturbed album) `Asylum` is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Disturbed. Taking inspiration from other aspects of lead singer David Draiman`s life, Asylum is meant to take a fresh direction in the band`s music career, while remaining consistent with the band`...
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22. Asylum
    (novel) `Asylum` is a 1996 gothic fiction novel by British author Patrick McGrath. It was adapted into a 2005 film starring Natasha Richardson, Marton Csokas, Ian McKellen and Hugh Bonneville with a cast also including Sean Harris, Joss Ackland, Wanda Ventham, Maria Aitken and Judy Par...
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