See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid See also:

• EARL

earl, right'of seizure)  , a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• REFUGE

refuge . In See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• GREECE

Greece, an See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum was an inviolable " refuge for persons fleeing from• pursuit and in See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search of See also:

• PROTECTION

protection . In a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general sense, all See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek temples" and altars were inviolable, that is, it was a religious See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime to remove by force any See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person or thing once under the protection of a deity: But it was only in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of a small number of temples that this protecting right of a deity was recognized with, See also:

• COMMON

common consent . Such were the sanctuaries of See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus See also:

• LYCAEUS (Mons Lycaeus, Airxawv opos: mod. Diaphorti)

Lycaeus in See also:

• ARCADIA

Arcadia, of See also:

• POSEIDON

Poseidon in . the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Calauria, and of See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo at See also:

• DELOS

Delos; they were, however, numerous in See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor . They guaranteed See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute See also:

• SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security • to the suppliant within their limits . The right of See also:

• SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary,: originally possessed by all temples;: appears to have become limited to a few in consequence of abuses of it . Asylums in this sense were See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar to the Greeks . The asylum of See also:

• ROMULUS

Romulus (See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy i..8), which was probably the See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar of Veiovis, cannot be considered as such . Under See also:

• ROMAN

Roman dominion, the rights of existing Greek sanctuaries were at first confirmed, but their number was considerably reduced by Tiberius . Under the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire, the statues of the emperors and the eagles:. of the legions were made refuges against acts of violence . Generally speaking, the classes of persons who claimed the rights of asylum were slaves who had been maltreated by their masters, soldiers defeated and pursued by the enemy, and criminals who feared a trial or who had escaped before See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence was passed . . (See See also:

• TREATISES

treatises De Asylis Graecis, by See also:

• FORSTER, FRANCOIS (179o-,872)
• FORSTER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1791-1868)
• FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM (1754-1794)
• FORSTER, JOHN (1812-1876)
• FORSTER, JOHN COOPER (1823-1886)
• FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (1818-1886)

Forster, 1847; Jaenisch, x868; See also:

• BARTH
• BARTH, HEINRICH (1821–1865)
• BARTH, KASPAR VON (1587-1658)

Barth, 1.888.) With the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity, the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of asylum or sanctuary (q.v.) became attached to the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church or See also:

• CHURCHYARD
• CHURCHYARD, THOMAS (c. 152o-16o4)

churchyard .