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  • 121shrine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. altar, temple; receptacle(for sacred objects), reliquary; tomb. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sacred place, sacred object, hallowed place, reliquary, sepulcher, memorial; see also altar , church 1 . III… …

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  • 122sanctuary — sanc•tu•ar•y [[t]ˈsæŋk tʃuˌɛr i[/t]] n. pl. ar•ies 1) rel a sacred or holy place 2) jud Judaism. a) the Biblical tabernacle or the Temple in Jerusalem b) the holy of holies of these places of worship 3) rel jud an esp. holy place in a temple or… …

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  • 123sanctuary — /ˈsæŋktʃəri / (say sangkchuhree), /ˈsæŋktʃuəri / (say sangkchoohuhree) noun (plural sanctuaries) 1. a sacred or holy place. 2. an especially holy place in a temple or church. 3. the part of a church about the altar; the chancel. 4. a church or… …

  • 124List of Ainu terms — The Ainu language of the Ainu people is distinct from those of the people around them.The list is ordered alphabetically by romanization.A* aca (アチャ) father; uncle; a middle aged man (Ainu aca may mean either father or uncle depending on the… …

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  • 125sanctum — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. retreat; sacred place, sanctum sanctorum, holy of holies. See safety, piety, escape. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A sacred or holy place: sacrarium, sanctorium, sanctuary, shrine. See SACRED …

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  • 126sanctuary — n. 1. Sacred or holy place, shrine, consecrated spot, holy ground, holy of holies, adytum. 2. Temple, church, place of worship, consecrated building, consecrated ground. 3. Asylum, refuge, shelter. 4. Refuge, shelter, protection, security …

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  • 127altar — n 1. sacrificial table, elevated structure, platform, mound; AllEccles.Lord s table, holy table, communion table, God s board. 2. shrine, inner shrine, reliquary, adytum; sacred or holy place, sanctuary, holy of holies, sanctum sanctorum, inner… …

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  • 128Sembiyan Mahadevi — VitaQueen Sembiyan Mahãdevi (also Cempiyan Mãtevi [The Problem of Portraiture in South India, Circa 970 1000 A.D. by Padma Kaimal in Artibus Asiae, Vol. 60, No. 1 (2000), pp. 139 179] , 10th century CE), was the grandmother of Rajaraja Chola I of …

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