Synonym: asylum, haven, refuge. Similar words: sanction, sanctimonious, actual, actually, tincture, unctuous, fluctuate, fluctuation. Meaning: ['sæŋktʃʊərɪ /-erɪ] 
n. 1. a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept 2. a shelter from danger or hardship 3. area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing.
n. 1. a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept 2. a shelter from danger or hardship 3. area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing. 
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1. The government offered sanctuary to 4 000 refugees.
2. She longed for the sanctuary of her own home.
3. Illegal immigrants found/sought/took sanctuary in a local church.
4. The celebrant vested himself in the sanctuary.
5. Thousands of refugees have sought sanctuary in neighbouring countries.
6. His church became a sanctuary for thousands of people who fled the civil war.
7. The park is the largest wildlife sanctuary in the US.
8. This island is maintained as a sanctuary for endangered species.
9. The fleeing rebels found a sanctuary in the nearby church.
10. Women were forbidden to enter the sanctuary.
11. Fleeing refugees found sanctuary in Geneva.
12. The outlaw was granted sanctuary in the church.
13. She set up a sanctuary for battered wives.
14. The chapel became a sanctuary for the refugees.
15. The church became a sanctuary for the refugees.
16. Some of them have sought sanctuary in the church.
17. Our country is a sanctuary for political refugees from all over the world.
18. There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.
19. Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.
20. It had been built as a sanctuary from World War II bombs.
21. I was glad to climb into the sanctuary of my bed.
22. In former times, criminals could take sanctuary inside a church.
23. And every tea-room a sanctuary for one.
24. Nor did he seek sanctuary in numbers.
25. A new sanctuary had been built.
26. He entered into it as if for sanctuary.
27. The center is a sanctuary for battered women.
28. I thought of my bedroom as a sanctuary.
29. He found sanctuary in the Priory church.
30. She left a large sum of money in her will to found a wildlife sanctuary.
More similar words: sanction, sanctimonious, actual, actually, tincture, unctuous, fluctuate, fluctuation, intellectual, intellectually, functionary, renaissance, malfeasance, reconnaissance, guard, square, quarry, quarrel, on guard, square up, quarter, vanguard, aquarium, sand, sank, quarantine, act up, mutual, ritual, quarterback.