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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91. But word also had it that he was up in Abra, seeking sanctuary from the government at a church.
92. In the sanctuary, the earthy hues of autumn had given way to the soft green of pines.
93. Participants will see the orangutans at Sepilok Sanctuary, proboscis monkeys and hornbills at Sukau and the market at Sandakan.
94. They stood, she thought, the quintessential family, looking out from their sanctuary into the vague but hopeful unknown.
95. The sanctuary was further enhanced by a mysterious and delightful flower-like odor which proceeded from the coffin.
96. The tortoiseshell cat was found wounded and frightened in Grangetown, Middlesbrough, and brought to an animal sanctuary.
97. Joan found the transition from sanctuary to Tower wholly satisfactory.
98. Magnus was either dragged out of sanctuary from a church on Egilsay or he voluntarily surrendered himself to his enemies.
99. Similarly, at the Aesculapian sanctuary near Epidaurus, dormitories were provided for pilgrims seeking cures.
100. Vic Wilcox scuttled into the Directors' Lavatory as if into a place of sanctuary.
101. That, to the high priest of the sanctuary of Shiloh, is not the most important item of news.
102. Three months ago he was brought into the Saint Tiggywinkles animal sanctuary at Haddenham in Buckinghamshire.
103. In my woodland she came to rest, and to my house she was carried into sanctuary.
104. He had instructed Simon to wait, and had sought sanctuary in the corner of the Chamber.
105. Read in studio Thieves have stolen seventeen rare parrots from a bird sanctuary.
106. To enter this sanctuary of green, Karim Alameddine unlocks a white iron gate.
107. Giving sanctuary to political asylum-seekers is seldom rewarded on earth, at least in the short term.
108. I feel the scything headlights sweep towards this orchard sanctuary.
109. The new sanctuary has been set up on dry prairie land south of Lac Leman.
110. A short drive takes you to a monkey sanctuary, model village or miniature stream railway and lots more.
111. Athelstan, taking the keys from his belt, went up beneath the winking red sanctuary lamp and opened the tabernacle door.
112. Hundreds of civilians have sought sanctuary at churches and embassies.
113. Behind them all walked Bishop Corrada, who sat in the sanctuary, solemn and stone-faced, throughout the liturgy.
114. The red sanctuary lamp glowed ahead of them, to the left of the high altar.
115. Now they're planning to set up a sanctuary for exotic wild animals.
116. How did she know that she could find sanctuary in the familiar and the ordinary?
117. It also yesterday announced the acquisition of the Seal Sanctuary, in Cornwall(sentencedict.com/sanctuary.html), for ￡1.8 million.
118. An irregularly shaped plaque from the Throne Sanctuary at Knossos shows a sheathed dagger hanging from a decorative belt.
119. This would deprive wading birds such as curlew and snipe of an ideal breeding sanctuary.
120. Frazer describes the process of consulting the oracle at the sanctuary dedicated to the soothsayer Ampiaraus, at Oropus, Attica.
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.