refuge

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  1. noun Protection or shelter, as from danger or hardship.
  2. noun A place providing protection or shelter.
  3. noun A source of help, relief, or comfort in times of trouble. See Synonyms at shelter.
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  • Certainly by the time we left the bolt-hole, we were friends again, which counted for a great deal The owner of the office building where Holmes had established his refuge was an enlightened employer, and the Saturday half day was so scrupulously observed that the place was all but deserted by two in the afternoon. —  A Monstrous Regiment of Women - Laurie R. King - Russell-Holmes 02
  • There is no field kitchen and no baggage train; his refuge is his gun, his tank, or his machine gun. —  Panzer Battles
  • This refuge was as generous as the last one had been mean; I could have stretched out and slept upon it with no fear of tumbling off. —  Hobb, Robin - The Soldier Son 01 - Shaman's Crossing (v2.0)
  • Now that the author have provided an in-depth look at the word "refuge" from a Biblical point of view while providing an illustration of how God protects His own; let's look at what Merriam-Webster School Dictionary has to say regarding refuge, as it states that refuge is
  • "So with anybody who goes through something in the world, you have to bring yourself out of it so I guess her refuge is her music." —  X17 Online
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shelter ·  retreat ·  abide ·  residence ·  comfort ·  dwell ·  asylum ·  consolation ·  lodge ·  peace ·  relief ·  escape
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin refugium, from refugere, to run away : re-, re- + fugere, to flee.

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  1. from Middle English refuge, from Old French (and F.) refuge =Provencal refug, refuch =Spanish Portuguese Italian re- fugio, from Latin refugium, a taking refuge, refuge, a place of refuge, from refugere, flee back, retreat, from re-, back, + fugere, flee: see fugitive. Cf. refuit, refute.
  2. from Old French refugier, French réfugier =Spanish Portuguese refugiar =Italian refugiare, take refuge; from the noun.
 

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