sanctuary

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsæŋktjʊəɹi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsæŋkt͡ʃʊəɹi/
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• General-American: /ˈsæŋkt͡ʃuˌɛɹi/
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• CMU ARPABET: S AE1 NG K CH UW0 EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English seyntuarie, from Old French saintuaire, from Late Latin sanctuarium (“a sacred place, a shrine, a private cabinet, in Medieval Latin also temple, church, churchyard, cemetery, right of asylum”), from Latin sanctus (“holy, sacred”); see saint.

154 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: vryplaas — place of safety or protection
• Afrikaans: toevlugsoord — place of safety or protection
• Bulgarian: светилище (svetilište) — place of safety or protection
• Chinese Mandarin: 避難所 /避难所 (bìnànsuǒ) — place of safety or protection
• Czech: útočiště — place of safety or protection
• Danish: helle — place of safety or protection
• Danish: fristed — place of safety or protection
• Danish: tilflugtssted — place of safety or protection
• Estonian: pühamu — place of safety or protection
• Estonian: varjupaik — place of safety or protection
• Finnish: turvapaikka — place of safety or protection
• French: refuge — place of safety or protection
• German: Zuflucht — place of safety or protection
• German: Herberge — place of safety or protection
• Greek: καταφύγιο (katafýgio) — place of safety or protection
• Ancient Greek: ἄσυλον (ásulon) — place of safety or protection
• Hebrew: מקלט m miklat — place of safety or protection
• Hebrew: מפלט m miflat — place of safety or protection
• Hebrew: מסתור m mistor — place of safety or protection
• Hebrew: מחסה n makhasse — place of safety or protection
• Hindi: शरणालय (śarṇālay) — place of safety or protection
• Hungarian: szentély — place of safety or protection
• Irish: tearmann — place of safety or protection
• Italian: rifugio — place of safety or protection
• Japanese: 避難所 (hinanjo) — place of safety or protection
• Latin: tūtum — place of safety or protection
• Latvian: patversme — place of safety or protection
• Macedonian: засо́лниште (zasólnište) — place of safety or protection
• Macedonian: прибе́жиште (pribéžište) — place of safety or protection
• Māori: wāhi whakaruru — place of safety or protection
• Māori: whakamaurutanga — place of safety or protection
• Māori: punanga — place of safety or protection
• Māori: kāinga punanga — place of safety or protection
• Māori: āhuru mōwai — place of safety or protection
• Middle English: grith — place of safety or protection
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilfluktssted — place of safety or protection
• Norwegian Bokmål: asyl — place of safety or protection
• Norwegian Bokmål: fristed — place of safety or protection
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tilfluktsstad — place of safety or protection
• Norwegian Nynorsk: asyl — place of safety or protection
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fristad — place of safety or protection
• Old Church Slavonic: оубѣжище (uběžište) — place of safety or protection
• Old English: friþstōw — place of safety or protection
• Polish: sanktuarium — place of safety or protection
• Portuguese: refúgio — place of safety or protection
• Romanian: sanctuar — place of safety or protection
• Romanian: refugiu — place of safety or protection
• Romanian: adăpost — place of safety or protection
• Russian: убе́жище (ubéžišče) — place of safety or protection
• Russian: прибе́жище (pribéžišče) — place of safety or protection
• Russian: прию́т (prijút) — place of safety or protection
• Scottish Gaelic: tèarmann — place of safety or protection
• Swedish: fristad — place of safety or protection
• Swedish: tillflykt — place of safety or protection
• Swedish: tillflyktsort — place of safety or protection
• Tocharian B: waste — place of safety or protection
• Tocharian B: śarāṃ — place of safety or protection
• Turkish: mabet — place of safety or protection
• Ukrainian: приту́лок (prytúlok) — place of safety or protection
• Welsh: noddfa — place of safety or protection
• Welsh: seintwar — place of safety or protection
• Afrikaans: toevlugsoord — area set aside for protection
• Afrikaans: hawe — area set aside for protection
• Bulgarian: резерват (rezervat) — area set aside for protection
• Estonian: varjupaik — area set aside for protection
• Finnish: rauhoitusalue — area set aside for protection
• Finnish: suojelualue — area set aside for protection
• French: réserve — area set aside for protection
• Greek: καταφύγιο (katafýgio) — area set aside for protection
• Ancient Greek: ἄσυλον (ásulon) — area set aside for protection
• Hebrew: שמורה m shmurá — area set aside for protection
• Hungarian: menedékhely — area set aside for protection
• Hungarian: védett terület — area set aside for protection
• Indonesian: suaka — area set aside for protection
• Irish: tearmann — area set aside for protection
• Latin: sacrarium — area set aside for protection
• Latin: fanum — area set aside for protection
• Latvian: liegums — area set aside for protection
• Macedonian: резерва́т (rezervát) — area set aside for protection
• Māori: wāhi rāhui — area set aside for protection
• Māori: whenua rāhui — area set aside for protection
• Middle English: grith — area set aside for protection
• Norwegian: reservat — area set aside for protection
• Old English: friþstōw — area set aside for protection
• Polish: sanktuarium — area set aside for protection
• Portuguese: santuário — area set aside for protection
• Romanian: rezervație — area set aside for protection
• Russian: запове́дник (zapovédnik) — area set aside for protection
• Russian: зака́зник (zakáznik) — area set aside for protection
• Russian: резерва́ция (rezervácija) — area set aside for protection
• Welsh: seintwar — area set aside for protection
• Afrikaans: asiel — state of being protected
• Bulgarian: убежище (ubežište) — state of being protected
• Finnish: turvapaikka — state of being protected
• French: asile — state of being protected
• German: Asyl — state of being protected
• Greek: άσυλο (ásylo) — state of being protected
• Ancient Greek: ἄσυλον (ásulon) — state of being protected
• Hebrew: מקלט m miklat — state of being protected
• Hungarian: védettség — state of being protected
• Indonesian: suaka — state of being protected
• Irish: tearmann — state of being protected
• Latin: fanum — state of being protected
• Latvian: patvērums — state of being protected
• Macedonian: прибе́жиште (pribéžište) — state of being protected
• Macedonian: засолну́вање (zasolnúvanje) — state of being protected
• Māori: rāhuitanga — state of being protected
• Māori: whakamaurutanga — state of being protected
• Middle English: grith — state of being protected
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilflukt — state of being protected
• Norwegian Bokmål: asyl — state of being protected
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tilflukt — state of being protected
• Norwegian Nynorsk: asyl — state of being protected
• Norwegian Nynorsk: livd — state of being protected
• Old English: ġebeorg — state of being protected
• Romanian: azil — state of being protected
• Russian: убе́жище (ubéžišče) — state of being protected
• Afrikaans: heiligdom — consecrated area
• Aghwan: 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙𐕒𐕡𐕎 (muc̣'urun) — consecrated area
• Bulgarian: олтар (oltar) — consecrated area
• Catalan: presbiteri — consecrated area
• Catalan: santuari — consecrated area
• Chinese Mandarin: 聖所 /圣所 (shèngsuǒ) — consecrated area
• Czech: svatyně — consecrated area
• Dutch: heiligdom — consecrated area
• Esperanto: sanktejo — consecrated area
• Estonian: pühamu — consecrated area
• Finnish: pyhäkkö — consecrated area
• French: sanctuaire — consecrated area
• Galician: santuario — consecrated area
• Greek: ιερό (ieró) — consecrated area
• Greek: άδυτο (ádyto) — consecrated area
• Ancient Greek: ἄδυτον (áduton) — consecrated area
• Hebrew: מתחם קודש m mitkham kodesh — consecrated area
• Hungarian: szentély — consecrated area
• Italian: santuario — consecrated area
• Italian: sancta sanctorum — consecrated area
• Japanese: 聖域 (seiiki) — consecrated area
• Latin: sacrarium — consecrated area
• Latvian: svētnīca — consecrated area
• Macedonian: свети́лиште (svetílište) — consecrated area
• Māori: wāhi tapu — consecrated area
• Norwegian Bokmål: helligdom — consecrated area
• Norwegian Nynorsk: heilagdom — consecrated area
• Old English: hāliġnes — consecrated area
• Polish: sanktuarium — consecrated area
• Portuguese: santuário — consecrated area
• Romanian: sanctuar — consecrated area
• Russian: святи́лище (svjatílišče) — consecrated area
• Russian: алта́рь (altárʹ) — consecrated area
• Spanish: santuario — consecrated area
• Swedish: sanktuarium — consecrated area
• Welsh: seintwar — consecrated area
• Welsh: cysegrfa — consecrated area