sanctuaire

From Old French saintuaire, from Late Latin and Latin sanctuārium (“sacred place, shrine”), from Latin sanctus (“holy, sacred”).

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃(k).tɥɛʁ/

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• Homophone: sanctuaires
• Hyphenation: sanc‧tuaire

sanctuaire m (plural sanctuaires)

1. shrine (a place that is holy)
2. sanctuary

• sanctuariser

• “sanctuaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.