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 Meanings and Examples of SANCTUARY
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sanctuary
 n.  place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy place, such as a church, temple, or mosque
Classic Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1  But the two snakes glide away to the high sanctuary and seek the fierce Tritonian's citadel, and take shelter under the goddess' feet beneath the circle of her shield.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SECOND
2  I move on, and revisit the citadel and Priam's dwelling; where now in the spacious porticoes of Juno's sanctuary, Phoenix and accursed Ulysses, chosen sentries, were guarding the spoil.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SECOND
3  Scarcely had I spoken thus; suddenly all seemed to shake, all the courts and laurels of the god, the whole hill to be stirred round about, and the cauldron to moan in the opening sanctuary.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK THIRD
4  Thee likewise a mighty sanctuary awaits in our realm.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SIXTH
5  Next he points out the wide grove where valiant Romulus set his sanctuary, and the Lupercal in the cool hollow of the rock, dedicate to Lycean Pan after the manner of Parrhasia.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK EIGHTH
6  The work was her one refuge, her sanctuary.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
7  But it was not really a refuge, a sanctuary, because she had no connexion with it.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
8  It was a jumble, but also it was a sort of little sanctuary.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
9  This manuscript, in which she already perceived more light than obscurity, produced upon her the effect of a half-open sanctuary.
Les Misérables (V4) By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—COSETTE AFTER THE LETTER
10  The soul enters into contemplation before that sanctuary where the celebration of love takes place.
Les Misérables (V5) By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING
11  The sanctuary of virtue cannot cohabit longer.
Les Misérables (V5) By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITEN...
12  It was Erik, her fellow outcast, to whom she wanted to run for sanctuary.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
13  Then, hear," said Simeon: "When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me until I went unto the sanctuary of God.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
14  The gates of the sanctuary screen were closed, the curtain was slowly drawn, and from behind it a soft mysterious voice pronounced some words.
War and Peace(V3) By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER XVIII
15  They have almost all died unawares, sitting in the sanctuary they had guarded and which is now no more.
War and Peace(V4) By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XX
Example Sentence:
1  His church became a sanctuary for thousands of people who fled the civil war.
2  Illegal immigrants found/sought/took sanctuary in a local church.
3  Women were forbidden to enter the sanctuary.
4  This island is maintained as a sanctuary for endangered species.
5  Shattering the altar and trampling the holy objects underfoot, the invaders desecrate the sanctuary.
6  The cleansing of the sanctuary is a happy token for good to any people; when they begin to be reformed they will soon be relieved.
7  The forest, which is city's green lung is also a wildlife sanctuary and the leopard natural habitat.
8  The Toronto Zoo board did plenty of trumpeting Tuesday over delays in moving their three African elephants to a California sanctuary.