sanctuarize

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verb

To shelter by means of a sanctuary or sacred privileges.

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Meanings

verbsanctuarize (third-person singular simple present sanctuarizes, present participle sanctuarizing, simple past and past participle sanctuarized)

present singular third person sanctuarizes · participle present sanctuarizing · participle past sanctuarized · past sanctuarized

  1. obsoleteTo shelter by means of a sanctuary or sacred privileges.

    No place, indeed, should murder sanctuarize.

    c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii], line 126
  2. governmentTo use military force to shelter another country from invasion or attack

Origin

From sanctuary + -ize.

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APA

sanctuarize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanctuarize

MLA

“sanctuarize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanctuarize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sanctuarize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanctuarize.

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