sanctuary

Definition

  • noun: a place where someone or something is protected or given shelter
  • noun: a consecrated place
  • often used figuratively
  • synonyms: shelter, refuge, refuge

Examples

  • Her garden was a 'sanctuary' from the stress of daily life. [=she felt relaxed and free from stress when she was in her garden]

  • The refugees 'found/sought sanctuary' when they crossed the border.

  • The 'sanctuary' contains the altar of sacrifice.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Keep away the witches! - No. - Send them back! No. We're lost. This is a sanctuary. Please, Christabella, they lured my Anna. They gave her to the fiend. Eleanor, you must remember that Anna went against our laws. (..)
    2006 Silent Hill
  • (..) - I've seen this. Rose, let's go! - Cybil! - Rose, come on. Cybil! You run not towards sanctuary but from your fears. Do not join the others. They are deceivers. They are damned. - We gotta get inside. - No! (..)
    2006 Silent Hill