Thesaurus
Synonyms and Antonyms of sanctuaries
- by law, anyone who sought refuge in a religious sanctuary was safe from arrest by the civil authorities
- the marshland has been set aside as a sanctuary for shorebirds along that section of the coast
asylums, bolt-holes [chiefly British], harbors, harborages, havens, refuges, retreats, sanctums (also sancta), shelters
abodes, diggings, domiciles, dwellings, habitations, houses, housings, lodgings, lodgments (or lodgements), pads, places, quarters, residences, rests, roofs
cloisters, closets, coverts, dens, hermitages, hideaways, hideouts, lairs
castles, forts, fortresses, palisades, redoubts, strongholds
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