sanctuary
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
Types & categories
- place hypernym
- holy of holies hyponym
- Tabernacle hyponym
Sense 2 noun
a shelter from danger or hardship
Types & categories
- shelter hypernym
- harbor hyponym
- safehold hyponym
- safe house hyponym
Sense 3 noun
area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
Types & categories
- area hypernym
Parts & wholes
- church building part holonym
- choir part meronym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | place |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | holy of holies |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Tabernacle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shelter |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | harbor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | safehold |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | safe house |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | church building |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | choir |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | area |