Translations: the word in the other languages
- Afrikaans: heiligdom
- Amharic: ተቃውመውት
- Arabic: الحرم
- Azerbaijani: ziyarətgah
- Bashkir: ғибәҙәтхана
- Belarusian: сьвятыню
- Bulgarian: светилището
- Bengali: আশ্রয়স্থল
- Bosnian: utočište
- Catalan: santuari
- Cebuano: balaan nga puloy-anan
- Czech: svatyně
- Welsh: cysegr
- Danish: sanctuary
- German: Heiligtum
- Greek: ιερό
- Esperanto: rifuĝo
- Spanish: santuario
- Estonian: pühakoda
- Basque: santutegia
- Persian: پناهگاه
- Finnish: sanctuary
- French: sanctuaire
- Irish: tearmann
- Scottish Gaelic: sanctuary
- Galician: santuario
- Gujarati: અભયારણ્ય
- Hebrew: מקלט
- Hindi: अभयारण्य
- Croatian: svetište
- Haitian: kay ki apa pou
- Hungarian: menedék
- Armenian: սրբավայրը
- Indonesian: sanctuary
- Icelandic: helgidómur
- Italian: santuario
- Japanese: 聖地
- Javanese: sanctuary
- Georgian: საკურთხევლის
- Kazakh: ғибадатханасы
- Khmer: ជម្រក
- Kannada: ದೇವಾಲಯ
- Korean: sanctuary
- Kyrgyz: святилище
- Latin: sanctuarium
- Luxembourgish: Hellegtum
- Lao: ວິ
- Lithuanian: šventovė
- Latvian: rezervāts
- Malagasy: fitoerana masina
- Mari: святой
- Maori: wahi tapu
- Macedonian: светилиштето
- Malayalam: സങ്കേതം
- Mongolian: sanctuary
- Marathi: अभयारण्य
- Hill Mari: святой
- Malay: sanctuary
- Maltese: 'santwarju
- Burmese: သန့်ရှင်းရာဌာန
- Nepali: विहार
- Dutch: heiligdom
- Norwegian: sanctuary
- Punjabi: ਮੰਦਰ
- Papiamento: santuario
- Polish: sanktuarium
- Portuguese: santuário
- Romanian: sanctuarul
- Russian: святилище
- Sinhalese: අභය
- Slovak: sanctuary
- Slovenian: svetišče
- Albanian: shenjtëroren
- Serbian: светилиште
- Sundanese: sanctuary
- Swedish: fristad
- Swahili: patakatifu
- Tamil: சரணாலயம்
- Telugu: అభయారణ్యం
- Tajik: святилище
- Thai: สถานพักพิง
- Tagalog: sanctuary
- Turkish: sığınak
- Tatar: святилище
- Udmurt: вӧсяськон
- Ukrainian: святилище
- Urdu: ابیارنی
- Uzbek: muqaddas
- Vietnamese: thánh
- Xhosa: yokwesabela
- Yiddish: סאַנקטואַרי
- Chinese: 保护区
Synonyms, close and similar words for sanctuary
- holy place
- adytum
- sacred place
- sanctity
- temple
- church
- sacred thing
- relic
- shrine
- shelter
- safe haven
- refuge
- retreat
- haven
- harbor
- special nature reserve
- preserve
- hideout
- asylum
- natural reserve
- forest reservation
- reserve
- altar
- presbytery
- chancel
- holy