santuário

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === sanctuário (pre-1990 spelling) === Etymology === From Latin sanctuārium (“sanctuary”), from sanctus (“holy”). Displaced Old Portuguese santuairo. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: san‧tu‧á‧ri‧o === Noun === santuário m (plural santuários) shrine (a place that is holy) Synonyms: templo, relicário, sacrário sanctuary (place of safety, refuge or protection) Synonyms: abrigo, refúgio a room where relics are kept ==== Related terms ==== santo === Further reading === “santuário”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “santuário”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026