English-Italian translations for sanctuary

• rifugio
  La realtà è che ci sono milioni di persone al mondo che cercano rifugio nell'Unione europea. The reality is that there are millions of people in the world who are seeking sanctuary in the European Union.
  La verità è che né il concetto di Europa fortezza né quello di Europa rifugio hanno molto a che fare con la realtà. The truth is that neither the concept of Fortress Europe nor that of Sanctuary Europe has much to do with reality.
  La cooperazione interstatale deve pertanto diventare ancora più attiva, affinché gli integralisti islamici non possano trovare rifugio. Inter-state cooperation must therefore be carried out more actively, so that Islamic extremists can have no sanctuary.
• santuario
  L'Unione europea non è più un santuario. The European Union is no longer a sanctuary.
  Il Parlamento europeo, però, onorevoli colleghi, non è il Santuario di Lourdes, cui la gente si può rivolgere quando non vi sono più speranze altrove. The European Parliament, however, ladies and gentlemen, is not the Sanctuary of Lourdes, to which people can resort when all hope has run out everywhere else.

Definition of sanctuary

• A place of safety, refuge or protection
• An area set aside for protection
• A state of being protected, asylum
• The consecrated area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar

Examples

• My car is a sanctuary, where none can disturb me except for people who cut me off.
• The bird sanctuary has strict restrictions on visitors so the birds arent disturbed.
• The government granted sanctuary to the defector, protecting him from his former government.

Related words

• sanctuary city
• sanctuary lamp
• seal sanctuary