Asylum vs. Sanctum — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Asylum and Sanctum
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Definitions
Asylum
Protection and immunity from extradition granted by a government to a political refugee from another country.
Sanctum
A sacred or holy place.
Asylum
A place offering protection and safety; a shelter.
Sanctum
A private place where one is free from intrusion.
Asylum
Protection or shelter; refuge
Viewed her friend's apartment as a place of asylum.
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Sanctum
A place set apart, as with a sanctum sanctorum; a sacred or private place; a private retreat or workroom.
Asylum
A place, such as a church, formerly constituting an inviolable refuge for criminals or debtors.
Sanctum
A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum.
Asylum
An institution for the care of people, especially those with physical or mental disabilities, who require organized supervision or assistance.
Sanctum
A place of inviolable privacy;
He withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go
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Asylum
A place of safety or refuge.
Sanctum
A sacred place of pilgrimage
Asylum
The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place (as, for example, for political refugees).
Asylum
(dated) A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
Asylum
A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege.
So sacred was the church to some, that it had the right of an asylum or sanctuary.
Asylum
Any place of retreat and security.
Earth has no other asylum for them than its own cold bosom.
Asylum
An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum.
Asylum
A shelter from danger or hardship
Asylum
A hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person