Sanctuary (disambiguation)

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A sanctuary is a social institution.

Sanctuary or The Sanctuary or Sanctuaries may also refer to:

Religion

• Choir (architecture), that part of a Church or Cathedral in which the Chancel and Church tabernacle (a portable dwelling place for the divine presence) are situated
• Heavenly sanctuary in Christian theology, emphasized by Seventh-day Adventists

Places

• Sanctuary, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Sanctuary, Texas, United States
• Animal sanctuary, a protected natural habitat
• Sanctuary, Shkodër, a church-mosque building and Cultural Monument of Albania
• The Sanctuary, a Neolithic archaeological site in Wiltshire, England
• The Sanctuary (Derby), a local nature reserve in Derby, England
• The Sanctuary (recording studio), Battersea, London, England

Ships

• USS Sanctuary (AH-17), a 1944 United States Navy hospital ship

Literature

• Sanctuary (Faulkner novel), a 1931 William Faulkner novel
• Sanctuary (Angel novel), a 2003 novel based on the television series Angel
• Sanctuary (Doctor Who novel), a 1995 Doctor Who novel
• Sanctuary (play), a 1994 play by David Williamson
• Sanctuary (manga), a 1990 manga written by Sho Fumimura
• Sanctuary (Saint Seiya), a fictional location from the manga series Saint Seiya
• Sanctuary, a Dragonlance book by Paul B. Thompson and Tonya C. Cook
• Sanctuary, the city setting of the Thieves' World shared universe series
• Sanctuary (Lackey novel), the third novel in The Dragon Jousters tetralogy by Mercedes Lackey (2005)

Film

• Sanctuary (1933 film), a 1933 Mexican drama film
• Sanctuary (1961 film), a drama film starring Lee Remick
• Sanctuary (2002 film), an American film
• Sanctuary (2006 film), a film by Clive Collier documenting the work of Lisa Gerrard
• Sanctuary (short film), a 2009 re-mixable science fiction film
• Sanctuary (2015 film), a German film

Art

• "Sanctuary" (sculpture), a wooden sculpture by Martin Puryear

Video games

• Sanctuary Fortress, a world in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
• Sanctuary, the setting of Blizzard North's Diablo series

Music

• Sanctuary Records, a British record label
• Sanctuary (band), a heavy metal band from Seattle, Washington
• Sanctuary (tour), a concert tour by Within Temptation

See also

• Sanctuary Music Arena, a former dance venue in Milton Keynes
• Sanctuary city, a city that does not enforce immigration laws
• Sanctuary movement, an effort by U.S. churches to shelter Central American refugees during the 1980s
• Sanctuary Asia, an environmental Indian magazine that was started as Sanctuary