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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.
Nyonin Kinsei (女人禁制) is a general term for a type of society custom against women that is found in Japan. [1] [2] [3] [4]In particular, it refers to customs that prohibit women from entering sacred places (shrines, temples, sacred sites, ritual sites, etc.).
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.
Gondwana Sanctuary, Byron Bay, New South Wales; House of Freedom (community), Brisbane, Queensland, founder Athol Gill; House of the Gentle Bunyip, Melbourne, Victoria, founder Athol Gill; House of the New World, Sydney, New South Wales, founder John Hirt; Moora Moora, near Healesville, Victoria; Rocky Cape Christian Community, Tasmania
A garbhagriha (Sanskrit: गर्भगृह, romanized: Garbhagṛha) is the innermost sanctuary of Hindu and Jain temples, often referred to as the "holy of holies" or "sanctum sanctorum". The term garbhagriha (literally, "womb chamber") comes from the Sanskrit words garbha for womb and griha for house.
The hekhals are essentially cabinets or armoires storing the sefer Torahs. Seating, in the form of long wooden benches, is grouped around and facing the tevah. Men sit together on the main level of the sanctuary while women sit in a dedicated zone on the same level in the smaller synagogues or upstairs in a women's gallery.
The sanctuary is a refugee for farm animals. Its mission is to give a safe and permanent home to the animals that have been rescued from abuse and abandonment. They work to give to the refugees all veterinary treatments and attend to their emotional necessities as well. In addition, the sanctuary promotes a vegan style life to stop animals ...
When Greek is the language used in inscriptions, typically, Samaritans may contract two Hebrew words into one, such har "mountain" and Gerizim becoming Ancient Greek: Άργαρίζειν, romanized: Árgarízein. This is an archaic practice that was primarily maintained by Samaritans.