sanctuaries
Protected places of safety
Sanctuaries are places of refuge or protection.
The word originally meant holy places—the inner chamber of a temple, a church where fugitives could claim asylum.
Now it extends to any safe haven: wildlife sanctuaries, bird sanctuaries, The library was her sanctuary from the chaos at home.
A sanctuary offers shelter from threat or intrusion.
Place of safety
- havenShelter from danger
- shelterProtected place or structure
- safetyFreedom from harm
- protectionGuarding against harm
escape · hideaway · fugitive · asylum · immunity · harboring · diplomatic · underground
Sanctuary or withdrawal
- havenShelter from danger
- solaceRelief from distress
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- escapeFlight from captivity
tranquility · respite · oasis · comfort · serenity · stillness · healing · restoration
Place of safety
- reserveSupply kept back
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
endangered · rescue · shelter · protected · elephants · birds · marine · wetlands
refuge
Place of safety
protection · escape · hideaway · fugitive · asylum · immunity · harboring · diplomatic · underground · hiding
retreat
Sanctuary or withdrawal
escape · tranquility · respite · oasis · comfort · serenity · stillness · healing · restoration · meditation
refuge
Place of safety
- reserveSupply kept back
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
rehabilitation · endangered · rescue · shelter · protected · elephants · birds · marine · wetlands · migration
temple
Sacred worship structure
shrine · altar · tabernacle · chapel · cathedral · holy · sacred · worship · prayer · nave
- wildlife rehabwildlife rescue, reintroduction, bird rescue, turtle rescue, orphan care
- Pirate HavensPort Royal, Nassau, Barbary Coast, Algiers, Tripoli
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- natural areasnature reserve, nature reserves, wilderness areas, wetland, wildlife refuge
- things to protectwildlife, endangered species, children, privacy, secrets
- undergroundunderground, subterranean, cave systems, tunnels, tunnel
sanctuariesdanger zones
Locations where harm threatens
death traps · killing fields · minefields · war zones · battlegrounds
sanctuarieshunting grounds
Area for pursuing game
slaughterhouses · game reserves · shooting ranges · abattoirs · hunting preserves
- wildlife sanctuariesProtected areas for animals
- bird sanctuariesProtected areas for winged creatures
- animal sanctuariesProtected homes for rescued fauna
- marine sanctuariesProtected ocean conservation areas
- nature sanctuariesProtected areas for ecosystems
- ancient sanctuariesOld holy protected places
sanctuary, sanction, saint, sanctity, sanctum, sanctify, consecrate, sacrosanct, sanctified