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 sanctuary
      n 1: a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
      2: a shelter from danger or hardship [syn: refuge, asylum]
      3: area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir;
         often enclosed by a lattice or railing [syn: chancel, bema]

 Sanctuary
    denotes, (1) the Holy Land (Ex. 15:17; comp. Ps. 114:2); (2) the
    temple (1 Chr. 22:19; 2 Chr. 29:21); (3) the tabernacle (Ex.
    25:8; Lev. 12:4; 21:12); (4) the holy place, the place of the
    Presence (Gr. hieron, the temple-house; not the _naos_, which is
    the temple area, with its courts and porches), Lev. 4:6; Eph.
    2:21, R.V., marg.; (5) God's holy habitation in heaven (Ps.
    102:19). In the final state there is properly "no sanctuary"
    (Rev. 21:22), for God and the Lamb "are the sanctuary" (R.V.,
    "temple"). All is there hallowed by the Divine Presence; all is
    sancturary.