A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege.
Any place of retreat and security.
An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum.
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. Friedrich Nietzsche
Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty. Samuel Adams
The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum. Thomas Paine
Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate. Soren Kierkegaard
asylum in Afrikaans is toevlugsoord
asylum in Danish is asyl
asylum in Dutch is toevluchtsoord, asiel, asyl
asylum in French is asile
asylum in German is Asyl {n}, Asyl {n}, Heim {n}
asylum in Italian is asilo
asylum in Norwegian is asyl
asylum in Spanish is asilo, asilo
asylum in Swedish is asyl
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