Refuge vs. Sanctum

Refugenoun

A state of safety, protection or shelter.

Sanctumnoun

A place set apart, as with a sanctum sanctorum; a sacred or private place; a private retreat or workroom.

Refugenoun

A place providing safety, protection or shelter.

Sanctumnoun

A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum.

Refugenoun

Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.

Sanctumnoun

a place of inviolable privacy;

‘he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go’;

Refugenoun

An expedient to secure protection or defence.

Sanctumnoun

a sacred place of pilgrimage

Refugenoun

A refuge island.

Refugeverb

(intransitive) To return to a place of shelter.

Refugeverb

To shelter; to protect.

Refugenoun

Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

‘Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of theseFind place or refuge.’; ‘We might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.’;

Refugenoun

That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy.

‘The high hills are a refuger the wild goats.’; ‘The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed.’;

Refugenoun

An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.

‘Their latest refugeWas to send him.’; ‘Light must be supplied, among gracefulrefuges, by terracing story in danger of darkness.’;

Refugeverb

To shelter; to protect.

Refugenoun

a safe place;

‘He ran to safety’;

Refugenoun

something or someone turned to for assistance or security;

‘his only recourse was the police’; ‘took refuge in lying’;

Refugenoun

a shelter from danger or hardship

Refugenoun

act of turning to for assistance;

‘have recourse to the courts’; ‘an appeal to his uncle was his last resort’;