city of refuge
Protected asylum place
A city of refuge is a place where someone fleeing danger or persecution can find safety and protection.
The term originates in biblical law, where certain cities were designated as sanctuaries for those who had killed accidentally, protecting them from blood vengeance until trial.
The phrase now applies broadly to any place offering asylum: The border town became a city of refuge for those escaping the regime.
- safe havenProtected place of shelter
- safe placeLocation free from threat
- templeSacred worship structure
- manslaughterUnlawful killing without forethought
- accidental killingUnintentional causing of death
Jewish law · Mosaic law · sanctuary · asylum · shelter · ancient Israel · Promised Land · tribal territory · Hebron · Old Testament · exile · covenant · vengeance · ancient sanctuaries · holy place · priesthood · reconciliation · sacred spaces
city of refugewar zone
Area of active conflict
killing field · death camp · danger zone · hostile territory · combat zone
city of refugeprison
Confinement for offenders
penitentiary · jail · dungeon · penal colony · gulag
city of refugeclosed borders
Restricted national entry points
forbidden zone · exclusion zone · gated community · fortress
city, cities, citified, citizen, citizens, citizenship, civic, civil, civilian