From Middle English seyntuarie, from Old French saintuaire, from Late Latin sanctuarium ("a sacred place, a shrine, a private cabinet, in {{der") also temple, church, churchyard, cemetery, right of asylum}}, from Latin sanctus ("holy, sacred"); see saint.
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