Sanctuary: 5 definitions
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Sanctuary means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Christianity. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. On this page you will also find search and cross-referencing tools.
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The “Sanctuary” is the name of a Church located in the United States. The address and contact details are as follows: 1S430 Wenmoth Rd.,; Batavia, IL 60510; United States; 630-485-9662; www.sanctuaryag.com/; AOG.. Besides these location details there is the following known staff: Keith Hallam (Pastor).
Sanctuary definition and references: Denotes, (1) the Holy Land (Exodus 15:17; comp. Psalms 114:2); (2) the temple (1 Chronicles 22:19; 2 Chronicles 29:21); (3) the tabernacle (Exodus 25:8; Leviticus 12:4; 21:12); (4) the holy place, the place of the Presence (Gr. hieron, the temple-house; not the naos, which is the temple area, with its courts and porches), Leviticus 4:6; Ephesians 2:21, R.V., marg.; (5) God’s holy habitation in heaven (Psalms 102:19). In the final state there is properly “no sanctuary” (Revelation 21:22), for God and the Lamb “are the sanctuary” (R.V., “temple”). All is there hallowed by the Divine Presence; all is sancturary.
Sanctuary definition and references: –(The Holy of Holies)
–In the tabernacle Hebrews 9:2
–Divine dwelling place Exodus 25:8
–Reverence for Leviticus 19:30; 26:2
–In the charge of high priest Exodus 27:21; Leviticus 24:3; Numbers
18:5
–The Holy Place in the temple Lamentations 2:7,20; Ezekiel 42:20
–Figurative Ezekiel 11:16
–Symbolical Hebrews 8:2,5
–See Tabernacle
–See Temple
1) Sanctuary refers to:—The term ‘sanctuary’ is used by modern students of Semitic religion in two senses, a wider and a narrower. On the one hand, it may denote, as the etymology suggests, any ‘holy place,’ the sacredness of which is derived from its association with the presence of a deity. In the narrower sense ‘sanctuary’ is used of every recognized place of worship, provided with an altar and other apparatus of the cult, the special designation of which in OT is bamah , EV [Note: English Version.] ‘ high place.’ In this latter sense ‘sanctuary’ and ‘high place’ are used synonymously in the older prophetic literature, as in Amos 7:9 ‘the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste.’
1.In the wider sense of ‘sanctuary,’ as above defined, any arbitrarily chosen spot may become a holy place, if tradition associates it with a theophany, or visible manifestation of a Divine being. Such, indeed, was the origin of the most famous of the world’s sanctuaries (see 2 Samuel 24:16 ff.). On the other hand, certain objects of nature springs and rivers, trees, rocks and, in particular, mountains have been regarded with special reverence by many primitive peoples as ‘the homes or haunts of the gods.’ Thus the belief in the peculiar sacredness of springs and wells of ‘living water’ is one that has survived to our own day, even among advanced races. It was to this belief that the ancient sanctuary of Beersheba (which see) owed its origin. A similar belief in sacred trees as the abode of superhuman spirits or numina has been scarcely less tenacious. The holy places which figure so conspicuously in the stories of the patriarchs are in many cases tree-sanctuaries of immemorial antiquity, such as ‘the terebinth of Moreh,’ at Shechem, under which Abram is said to have built his first altar in Canaan ( Genesis 12:6 f.; cf.
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2) Sanctuary refers to:—See High Place; Tabernacle, 11 ( b ); Temple.
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Search found 201 books and stories containing Sanctuary; (plurals include: Sanctuaries). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Community-Managed Fish Sanctuaries for Freshwater Fishery Biodiversity... < [Volume 15, Issue 5 (2023)]
The Premium of Hilsa Sanctuary < [Volume 14, Issue 13 (2022)]
Social Considerations of Large River Sanctuaries < [Volume 10, Issue 4 (2018)]
Religious Tourism’s Impact on City Space: Service Zones around Sanctuaries < [Volume 12, Issue 3 (2021)]
Symbolic Religious Landscape < [Volume 14, Issue 1 (2023)]
Sacred Places and Planetary Stresses < [Volume 11, Issue 5 (2020)]
Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter LXXXI - A brief description of holy pools and sanctuaries < [Agastya Samhita]
Chapter LXXXIII - Description of different rites < [Agastya Samhita]
Chapter LXXXVI - Merit of performing Sraddhas at Preta Sila < [Agastya Samhita]
A Dictionary of the Bible (Hastings) (by Andrew Robert Fausset)
Vastu-shastra (Introduction to Indian architecture) (by D. N. Shukla)
Layanas—Early Mauryan Specimens < [Chapter 12 - History of Hindu Temples (Prāsādas and Vimānas)]
Temples of Madura, the final phase (from 1600 A.D.) < [Chapter 12 - History of Hindu Temples (Prāsādas and Vimānas)]
Bhaumika Vimānas (Temples of South India, Decan and Greater India) < [Chapter 12 - History of Hindu Temples (Prāsādas and Vimānas)]
The Structural Temples of Gujarat (by Kantilal F. Sompura)
2.12. Temples at Khandosana (Mehsana) < [Chapter 4 - Structural temples of the Caulukyan period (942-1299 A.D.)]
1.3. The Temples of Gujarat ( c. 941-1311 A.D.) < [Chapter 5 - The development of the regional phases of the Temple]
Chapter 1 - The Indian conception of a temple < [Part 1, Section 1: Introductory]