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S0060400 (săngk′cho͞o-ĕr′ē)n. pl. sanc·tu·ar·ies 1. a. A sacred place, such as a church, temple, or mosque.b. The holiest part of a sacred place, as the part of a Christian church around the altar.2. a. A sacred place, such as a church, in which fugitives formerly were immune to arrest.b. Immunity to arrest afforded by a sanctuary: sought sanctuary in the church.c. The condition of being protected or comforted: "Women such as herself tended to ... seek sanctuary in religion" (Paul Scott). See Synonyms at shelter.3. a. A place of refuge or asylum.b. A reserved area in which birds and other animals, especially wild animals, are protected from hunting or disturbance.

[Middle English, from Old French sainctuarie, from Late Latin sānctuārium, from Latin sānctus, sacred; see sanctify.]

sanctuary

(ˈsæŋktjʊərɪ) n, pl -aries1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a holy place2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a consecrated building or shrine3. (Bible) Old Testament a. the Israelite temple at Jerusalem, esp the holy of holiesb. the tabernacle in which the Ark was enshrined during the wanderings of the Israelites4. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the chancel, or that part of a sacred building surrounding the main altar5. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a. a sacred building where fugitives were formerly entitled to immunity from arrest or executionb. the immunity so afforded6. a place of refuge; asylum7. (Biology) a place, protected by law, where animals, esp birds, can live and breed without interference[C14: from Old French sainctuarie, from Late Latin sanctuārium repository for holy things, from Latin sanctus holy]

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(ˈsæŋk tʃuˌɛr i)

n., pl. -ar•ies. 1. a sacred or holy place. 2. Judaism. a. the Biblical tabernacle or the Temple in Jerusalem. b. the holy of holies of these places of worship. 3. an esp. holy place in a temple or church, as the chancel. 4. a church or other sacred place formerly providing refuge, esp. immunity from arrest. 5. the protection provided by such a place. 6. any place of refuge; asylum. 7. a tract of land where wildlife can live and breed in safety from hunters; preserve. [1325–75; Middle English seintuarie, san(c)tuarie (< Old French saintuaire) < Latin sānctuārium=sānct(us) holy (see Sanctus) + -uārium]

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A nation or area near or contiguous to the combat area that, by tacit agreement between the warring powers, is exempt from attack and therefore serves as a refuge for staging, logistic, or other activities of the combatant powers.

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glory hole A container for the storage of ornaments, personal effects, and other paraphernalia. This term originally referred to a room where the war medals and decorations of a former soldier were stored. The expression is used today to describe any receptacle filled with useless items of sentimental value.

You can bring out your old ribbon-box … It’s a charity to clear out your glory-holes once in a while. (Adeline Whitney, We Girls, 1871)

ivory tower A condition of isolation or seclusion from worldly or practical affairs; a sheltered, protected existence removed from the harsh realities of life; an attitude of aloofness or distance from the mainstream of society. The original term appears to have been the French tour d’ivoire first used by the French literary critic Sainte-Beuve in reference to the French writer Alfred Victor de Vigny in his book Pensées d’Août (1837). The expression appeared in English in Brereton and Rothwell’s translation of Bergson’s Laughter (1911):

Each member [of society] must be ever attentive to his social surroundings … he must avoid shutting himself up in his own peculiar character as a philosopher in his ivory tower.

The term has spawned the noun ivory-tow-erism and the adjectives ivory-towerish and ivory-towered ‘impractical, theoretical, removed from reality.’

sanctum sanctorum A hideaway; a room or other place where one can seek refuge from his everyday concerns; a haven or sanctuary. Literally, the sanctum sanctorum (Latin, ‘sanctuary of sanctuaries’) is the Holy of Holies, a room in Biblical tabernacles and Jewish temples which only the high priest is allowed to enter, and then only on Yom Kippur, the Great Day of Atonement. By extension, sanctum sanctorum has been applied to any private, peaceful place such as a cabin in the woods or the den in a house which is not to be violated by intruders.

We went by appointment to the archbishop confessor’s and were immediately admitted into his sanctum sanctorum, a snug apartment … (Peter Beckford, Familiar Letters From Italy, 1834)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sanctuary - a consecrated place where sacred objects are keptholy of holies, sanctum sanctorum - (Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was keptTabernacle - (Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodusplace, property - any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House"
	2.	sanctuary - a shelter from danger or hardshipasylum, refugeharbor, harbour - a place of refuge and comfort and securitysafehold - a refuge from attacksafe house - a house used as a hiding place or refuge by members of certain organizationsshelter - a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
	3.	sanctuary - area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railingbema, chancelarea - a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"choir - the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and navechurch building, church - a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"

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noun1. protection, shelter, refuge, haven, retreat, asylum Some of them have sought sanctuary in the church.2. reserve, park, preserve, reservation, national park, tract, nature reserve, conservation area a bird sanctuary

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noun1. A sacred or holy place:sacrarium, sanctorium, sanctum, shrine.2. Something that physically protects, especially from danger:asylum, cover, covert, harbor, haven, protection, refuge, retreat, shelter.3. The state of being protected or safeguarded, as from danger or hardship:asylum, harborage, refuge, shelter.

Translations

圣殿庇护所禁猎区避难所鸟兽类保护区

sanctuary

(ˈsӕŋktʃuəri) – plural ˈsanctuaries – noun1. a holy or sacred place. the sanctuary of the god Apollo.圣殿2. a place of safety from eg arrest. In earlier times a criminal could use a church as a sanctuary. 庇护所，避难所 3. an area of land in which the killing of wild animals etc is forbidden. a bird sanctuary. 禁猎区，鸟兽类保护区

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sacred place, especially the most sacred part of a sacred place. In ancient times and in the Middle Ages, a sanctuary served as asylumasylum
, 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.
..... Click the link for more information. , 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 was considered sacrilege. In Egypt the temples of Osiris and Amon offered the right of sanctuary. Under the Greeks all temples enjoyed this privilege, and certain ones, like the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, were known throughout the Mediterranean world as a haven for fugitives. In Rome sanctuary was often sought by fugitive slaves. Christian churches were given the right of sanctuary by Constantine I. Abuses of sanctuary, tending to encourage crime, led to its curtailment and abolition. Modern penal codes no longer recognize the right of sanctuary.

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In a church, the immediate area around the principal altar.

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an area on land or in a body of water within which only individual elements of a natural complex are specially protected, rather than the entire complex as in a pre-serve: vegetation, all or certain species of animals, or other elements.

In the USSR, sanctuaries forbidding hunting, established for the conservation of valuable species of wild animals and birds, are most common; hunting is prohibited there for up to ten years or more. There are also fishery sanctuaries (to protect spawning grounds, adults and juveniles of valuable species); landscape sanctuaries (picturesque river valleys, lakes and the surrounding area, and sites that have aesthetic or cultural value or are used for recreation and tourism); forest, steppe, and bog sanctuaries (set aside for scientific purposes and to solve certain economic problems, as well as to conserve communities of rare plants); geological sanctuaries (unique caves, geological outcrops, deposits of residues of fossil flora and fauna); hydrological sanctuaries (lakes with unusual hydrological regimes); and other natural sanctuaries, as well as those intended to protect historical areas.

Natural sanctuaries are created by decrees of the Council of Ministers of the Union Republics and by the decisions of local councils. The operating conditions are established by the governments of the Union republics, conservation agencies, and executive committees of local councils. Special legal acts concerning sanctuaries have been drawn up by the Union republics. Economic activity incompatible with the main purpose of a sanctuary is usually banned. Hunting, fishing, felling trees, grazing cattle, cutting hay, or quarrying may be banned, depending on the purpose of the sanctuary.

REFERENCES

Primechateinye prirodnye landshafty SSSR i ikh okhrana. Moscow, 1967. (Collection of articles, edited by L. K. Shaposhnikov.)
Emer’ianova, V. G. Zakonodatel’ stvo O zapovednikakh, zakaznikakh, pamiatnikakh prirody. Moscow, 1971. Pages 22–26.

L. K. SHAPOSHNIKOV

Sanctuary

a place for the performance of religious rites; it is usually considered the abode of a deity. The oldest sanctuaries were evidently secret recesses in the depths of caves, where numerous depictions of animals and traces of magic rituals have been found dating from the Paleolithic, particularly in southern France, northern Spain, and in the USSR in the Kapova Cave. Similar sanctuaries are still found today among certain backward peoples; for example, the Australian aborigines have secret hiding places for their totemic emblems.

Sanctuaries consisting of special buildings or fenced-in plots of land with various structures are known among almost all ancient peoples. In some areas they developed from men’s houses (Melanesia), and in other places from the tombs of chiefs (Polynesia and Africa) or from special fetish huts (Africa). Priests and cult servants were usually attached to them. Home sanctuaries for family rituals also exist; they consist of separate sections of a dwelling with cult objects and images. In the developed religions of a class society, sanctuaries often consist of impressive architectural structures, such as churches or temples.

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1. In a church, the immediate area around the principal altar; the chancel. 2. The sacred shrine of a divinity.

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1. a holy place 2. a consecrated building or shrine 3. Old Testamenta. the Israelite temple at Jerusalem, esp the holy of holies b. the tabernacle in which the Ark was enshrined during the wanderings of the Israelites 4. the chancel, or that part of a sacred building surrounding the main altar 5. a. a sacred building where fugitives were formerly entitled to immunity from arrest or execution b. the immunity so afforded 6. a place, protected by law, where animals, esp birds, can live and breed without interference

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noun protection

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noun reserve

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noun a sacred or holy place

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noun something that physically protects, especially from danger

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noun the state of being protected or safeguarded, as from danger or hardship

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noun a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept

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noun a shelter from danger or hardship

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noun area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir

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