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発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈsæŋktjʊəɹi/, /ˈsæŋkt͡ʃʊəɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsæŋkt͡ʃuˌɛɹi/
• ハイフネーション: sanc‧tu‧ary

名詞

sanctuary (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 sanctuaries)

1. A place of safety, refuge, or protection.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Last Night with the Dead”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 315:

     She saw him, even as she had last gazed upon him, pale, cold, and awful; but still he was there. The coffin was to her like a shrine; all that she held most dear and most precious was within its dark and silent sanctuary.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     ‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War. […]’

   My car is a sanctuary, where none can disturb me except for people who cut me off.

2. An area set aside for protection.

   The bird sanctuary has strict restrictions on visitors so the birds aren't disturbed.

3. A state of being protected, asylum.

   The government granted sanctuary to the defector, protecting him from his former government.

4. The consecrated (または sacred) area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar.

同意語

下位語

• privileged sanctuary

派生語

• animal sanctuary
• sanctuary city
• sanctuarylike
• wildlife sanctuary

Further reading

• “sanctuary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “sanctuary”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• sanctuary on Wikipedia.