SANCTUM Synonyms

• one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

• a place for public (especially Christian) worship

• a service conducted in a house of worship

• the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church

• perform a special church rite or service for

• a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary

• a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

• a safe place

• something or someone turned to for assistance or security

• a shelter from danger or hardship

• act of turning to for assistance

• (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat

• a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet

• (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position

• (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset

• an area where you can be alone

• withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation

• the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)

• pull back or move away or backward

• move away, as for privacy

• move back

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

• a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept

• a shelter from danger or hardship

• area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing

• a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person

• enclose in a shrine

• place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity

• the flat area on either side of the forehead

• an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes

• (Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation

• belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power

• a sacred place of pilgrimage

• a sacred place of pilgrimage

• a place of inviolable privacy

• (Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was kept