Synonyms:
chancel, sanctuary, bema
Meaning: area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
Synonyms:
refuge, sanctuary, asylum
Meaning: a shelter from danger or hardship
Synonyms:
sanctuary
Meaning: a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
Usage examples
The response was, that Xuthus should regard the first person who met him on leaving the sanctuary as his son.
I see the Spider, at intervals, standing here on the look-out for the Locust, whom she consumes outside, taking care not to soil the spotless sanctuary with corpses.
The mysteries of the sanctuary of iniquity must be unveiled, the tables of the old alliance broken, and all the objects of the ancient faith thrown in a heap to the swine.
Nothing of the dream had been real but my burst of laughter, a sound never before heard in that grave sanctuary, and so abhorrent to the ears of wisdom, as to electrify the fraternity.
For herself she intended to go at least once a week to the little old church half-a-mile away from her home, to kneel there before the sunlit sanctuary, to meditate on sweet mysteries, to present herself to That which she was yearning to love, and to drink, it might be, new draughts of life and power.