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| asylum |
a place of safety, as for political refugees; sanctuary. [1/3 definitions] |
| bethel |
a holy place or religious sanctuary. [1/2 definitions] |
| chapel |
a place of public worship dedicated to special or supplemental services, separate from the main sanctuary of a parish. [1/3 definitions] |
| shewbread |
in ancient Israel, twelve loaves of blessed unleavened bread offered to God every Sabbath by Hebrew priests in the sanctuary of the Tabernacle; showbread. |
| tabernacle |
(usu. cap.) the portable sanctuary containing the Ark of the Covenant, carried by the Jews in their wanderings in the desert. [1/3 definitions] |
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