Look up: Sanctuary

1. Sanctuary
   A sanctuary is the most sacred part of any religious building. The term is especially applied to that part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed - the presbytery or eastern part of the choir of a church.
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2. Sanctuary
   A sacred place, such as a church, temple, or mosque; an area designated to be used for spiritual events and practices only
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3. Sanctuary
   the high altar is placed. The holiest part of the church.
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4. sanctuary
   [n] - a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
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5. sanctuary
   The holiest area of a place of worship; also a place of refuge from persecution or prosecution, usually in or near a place of worship. The custom of offering sanctuary in specific places goes back...
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6. sanctuary
   an area set aside for the complete protection of all forms of wildlife,save perhaps specified predators and parasites doing excessive harm Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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7. Sanctuary
   The area immediately around the main altar of a church.
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8. Sanctuary
   When used precisely, this is the part of a church that houses an altar. Practically every church contains an altar. Although the sanctuary is often located in an apse, the term 'apse' only denotes a space defined by a wall of semicircular or curved or polygonal ground plan. If the apse does contain ...
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9. Sanctuary
   Area around the main altar of the church, within the communion rails.
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10. Sanctuary
    Sanc'tu·a·ry noun ; plural Sanctuaries . [ Middle English seintuarie , Old French saintuaire , French sanctuaire , from Latin sanctuarium , from sanctus sacred, holy. See Saint .] A sacred pla...
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11. sanctuary
    (sangk´chdbobr-ar″e) an area in the body where a drug tends to collect and to escape metabolic breakdown.
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12. Sanctuary
    • (n.) A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site. • (n.) 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 y...
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13. sanctuary
    (from the article `guerrilla warfare`) If a guerrilla force is to survive, let alone prosper, it must control safe areas to which it can retire for recuperation and repair of arms and ...
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14. Sanctuary
    (from the article `Faulkner, William`) ...such popular—and well-paying—magazines as Collier`s and Saturday Evening Post. Greater, if more equivocal, prominence came with the financially ...
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15. Sanctuary
    (from the article `Trois Frères`) ...discovered in 1914, and most of the pictures of animals, together with a couple of therianthropes (half-human, half-animal figures), are located ...
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16. sanctuary
    in religion, a sacred place, set apart from the profane, ordinary world. Originally, sanctuaries were natural locations, such as groves or hills, ... [2 related articles]
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17. sanctuary
    sanctuary 1. A holy place. 2. A building or place set apart for the worship of God or of one or more divinities: applied, e.g., to a Christian church, the Jewish temple and the Mosaic tabernacle, a heathen temple or site of local worship, and the like; also figuratively, to the church or body of bel...
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18. sanctuary
    
    • a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
    • a shelter from danger or hardship
    • area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
    
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19. sanctuary
    sanctuary, sacred place, especially the most sacred part of a sacred place. In ancient times and in the Middle Ages, a sanctuary served as asylum, a place of refuge for persons fleeing from violence or from the penalties of the law. To injure a person in sanctuary or to remove him from it forcibly w...
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20. Sanctuary
    A place of refuge, where the process of the law cannot be executed. Sanctuaries may be divided into religious and civil. The former were very common in Europe; religious houses affording protection from arrest to all persons, whether accused of crime, or pursued for debt. This kind was never known in the United States. Civil sanctuary, or that ...
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21. sanctuary
    The holiest area of a place of worship; also a place of refuge from persecution or prosecution, usually in or near a place of worship. The custom of offering sanctuary in specific places goes back to ancient times and was widespread in Europe in the Middle Ages. Ancient history The ancient Hebrews established six separate towns of refuge, and t...
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22. Sanctuary
    A `sanctuary` is any place of safety. There are two main categories of sanctuaries: Human and Non-Human (plants and animals). Human Sanctuary : Religious Sanctuary : A religious sanctuary can be a sacred place (such as such as a Church, Temple, or Mosque) or a consecrated area of a church or temple ...
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23. Sanctuary
    (band) `Sanctuary` is an American heavy metal band founded in Seattle in 1985. The band consisted of Warrel Dane (vocals), Lenny Rutledge (guitar), Sean Blosl(guitar), Jim Sheppard (bass), Dave Budbill (drums), and in the end Jeff Loomis. History: They released a demo in 1986, which was well ...
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24. Sanctuary
    (novel) `Sanctuary` is a novel by the American author William Faulkner. It is considered one of his more controversial, given its theme of rape. First published in 1931 by the Black Sun Press in Paris, it was Faulkner`s commercial and critical breakthrough, establishing his literary re...
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25. Sanctuary
    (Angel) "`Sanctuary`" is episode 19 of season 1 in the television show Angel. Co-written by Tim Minear and series creator Joss Whedon and directed by Michael Lange, it was originally broadcast on May 2, 2000 on the WB network. In "Sanctuary", guest star Sarah Michel...
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