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The sanctuary at St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. In many Western Christian traditions including Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, and Anglican churches, the area around the altar is called the sanctuary; it is also considered holy because of the belief in the physical presence of God in the Eucharist, both during the Mass and in the church tabernacle at other times.
Nənawā́te (Pashto: ننواتې, "sanctuary") is a tenet of the Pashtunwali code of the Pashtun people.It allows a beleaguered person to enter the house of any other person and make a request of him which cannot be refused, even at the cost of the host's own life or fortune.
For languages written in other writing systems, write "Romanization - native script (language)", for example "Argentine - אַרגענטינע (Yiddish)", and alphabetize it in the list by the Romanized form. Due to its size, this list has been split into four parts: List of country names in various languages (A–C)
The Arabic language has two separate words, ḥaram (حَرَم) and ḥarām (حَرَام) both derived from the same triliteral Semitic root Ḥ-R-M.Both of these words can mean "forbidden" and/or "sacred" [2]: 471 in a general way, but each has also developed some specialized meanings (ḥarām most often means "forbidden by law" [3]).
Termonn is a Gaelic (Irish) word meaning 'sanctuary, boundary'. Other spellings include tearmann, tarman and termondd. [1] It denotes land belonging to Irish early Christian monasteries and churches on which right of sanctuary prevailed. The word is common in many place names in Ireland.
Protesters recently lashed out at officials over Athens' alleged status as a "sanctuary city". Find out what that means.
The term "sanctuary city" has generated a lot of news, especially over the past several months since Athens came into the spotlight following the murder of Laken Riley.. It's a term that doesn't ...
The word friþgeard, meaning "asylum, sanctuary" was used for sacrosanct areas. A friþgeard would then be any enclosed area given over to the worship of the gods. Seating oneself on a frith-stool was sometimes a requirement for claiming sanctuary in certain English churches.