See also:

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

SANCTUARY (from the See also:

• LATE

late See also:

• LAT

Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred See also:

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

place)  , a sacred or consecrated See also:

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

place, particularly one affording See also:

• REFUGE

refuge, See also:

• PROTECTION

protection or right of See also:

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

asylum; also applied to the See also:

• PRIVILEGE

privilege itself, the right of safe refuge . In See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian, See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek or See also:

• ROMAN

Roman temples it was applied to the See also:

• CELLA

cella in which stood the statue of the See also:

• GOD

god, and the Latin word for See also:

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

altar, ara, was used for protection as well . In Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic usage See also:

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

sanctuary is sometimes applied to the whole 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, as a consecrated See also:

• BUILDING

building, but is generally limited to the See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir . The See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea that such places afforded refuge to criminals or refugees is founded upon the See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive and universal belief in the contagion of holiness . Hence it was See also:

• SACRILEGE

sacrilege to remove the See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man who had gained the See also:

• HOLY

holy precincts; he was henceforth invested with a See also:

• PART

part of the sacredness of the place, and was inviolable so See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long as he remained there . Some temples had See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar privileges in this regard . That of See also:

• DIANA

Diana at See also:

• EPHESUS
• EPHESUS, COUNCIL OF

Ephesus extended its inviolability for a perimeter of two stadia, until its right of sanctuary was refused by the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans . Not all Greek and Roman temples, however, had the right in an equal degree . But where it existed, the See also:

• ACTION

action of the Roman See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law was suspended, and in imperial times the statues and pictures of the emperors were a protection against pursuit . See also:

• TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120)
• TACITUS, MARCUS CLAUDIUS

Tacitus says that the See also:

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

ancient Germans held See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods, even lakes and fountains, sacred; and the Anglo-See also:

• SAXONS

Saxons seem to have regarded several woods as holy and to have made sanctuaries of them, one of these being at See also:

• LEEK

Leek in See also:

• STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire . The use of See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian churches as sanctuaries was not based upon the See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew cities of refuge, as is sometimes stated . It is part of the See also:

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

general religious fact of the inviolability attaching to things sacred .