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# sanctuary

«sanctuary» in Mova's school dictionary: **protected, such as a bird sanctuary or wildlife sanctuary** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a sanctuary, sanctuaries)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A safe place where animals are protected, such as a bird sanctuary or wildlife sanctuary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctuary/#m1)

2) A safe place for people who are in danger or being chased; safety itself: "They found sanctuary in the church." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctuary/#m2)

3) (church) The holiest part of a church or temple, near the altar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctuary/#m3)

4) A calm, private place where someone feels peaceful: "My bedroom is my sanctuary." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctuary/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In nature lessons sanctuaries protect endangered or rescued animals: donkey sanctuaries, elephant sanctuaries, bird sanctuaries. In history, in the Middle Ages people fleeing could claim sanctuary in a church. In church life the sanctuary is the special area at the front. In stories it tells the reader a character has finally found safety. Phrases: seek sanctuary, find sanctuary, wildlife sanctuary, give sanctuary.

### examples

- We visited a donkey sanctuary in the holidays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctuary/#x1)
- The island is a sanctuary for seabirds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctuary/#x2)
- In the past, a person could claim sanctuary in a church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctuary/#x3)
- The refugees found sanctuary in a new country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctuary/#x4)
- The priest stood in the sanctuary near the altar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctuary/#x5)
- The library is my sanctuary on a noisy day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctuary/#x6)
- The rescued koalas live in a sanctuary in Queensland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctuary/#x7)
- Even the poorest beggar ventured up the steps into the sanctuary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctuary/#x8)

### note

Plural: sanctuaries (y → ies). Comes from Latin "sanctus", holy. Countable when it is a place; uncountable when it means safety (seek sanctuary). Similar: refuge, haven, reserve.

### In the corpora

- [And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.708/)
- [and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.912/)
- [And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they wrought.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1086/)
- [Ye shall keep My sabbaths, and reverence My sanctuary: I am the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.572/)
- [Ye shall keep My sabbaths, and reverence My sanctuary: I am the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.790/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sanctuary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanctuary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.