Definitions for refuge
ˈrɛf yudʒrefuge

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. safety, refugenoun

   a safe place

   "He ran to safety"

2. recourse, refuge, resortnoun

   something or someone turned to for assistance or security

   "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"

3. refuge, sanctuary, asylumnoun

   a shelter from danger or hardship

4. recourse, resort, refugenoun

   act of turning to for assistance

   "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. refugenoun

   A state of safety, protection or shelter

   Etymology: From refuge.

2. refugenoun

   A place providing safety, protection or shelter

   Etymology: From refuge.

3. refugenoun

   Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort

   Etymology: From refuge.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Refugenoun

   shelter or protection from danger or distress

2. Refugenoun

   that which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy

3. Refugenoun

   an expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance

4. Refugeverb

   to shelter; to protect

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Refuge

   Buddhists "take refuge" in, or to "go for refuge" to, the Three Jewels or Triple Gem,. This can be done formally in lay and monastic ordination ceremonies. The Three Jewels general signification is: ⁕the Buddha; ⁕the Dharma, the teachings; ⁕the Sangha, the community of enlightened beings, often approximated to community of monks and nuns. In Vajrayana, practitioners can visualize the refuge tree, and to aid this interior viewing, the refuge tree is typically depicted on scroll paintings or murals.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Refuge

   ref′ūj, n. that which affords shelter or protection: an asylum or retreat: a resource or expedient.—v.t. to find shelter for.—v.i. to take shelter.—ns. Refugēē′, one who flees for refuge to another country, esp. from religious persecution or political commotion; Refugēē′ism.—City of refuge (see City); House of refuge, an institution for the shelter of the destitute. [Fr.,—L. refugium—re-, back, frugĕre, to flee.]

Matched Categories

1. • Aid
   • Area
   • Resource
   • Shelter

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'refuge' in Nouns Frequency: #2937

How to pronounce refuge?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say refuge in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of refuge in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of refuge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of refuge in a Sentence

1. Xochitl Hinojosa:

   She believes it is critical that everyone has a full and fair hearing, and that our country provides refuge to those that need it, and we should be guided by a spirit of humanity and generosity as we approach these issues.

2. Shane Fitzsimmons:

   Weve got literally hundreds, thousands of people up and down the coast, taking refuge on the beaches.

3. Lavonne Jones:

   Skating was our refuge. If we didn't have skating we'd be dead or on drugs or in a gang.

4. Daniel J. Boorstin:

   Not so many years ago there was no simpler or more intelligible notion than that of going on a journey. Travel --movement through space --provided the universal metaphor for change. One of the subtle confusions --perhaps one of the secret terrors --of modern life is that we have lost this refuge. No longer do we move through space as we once did.

5. Oscar Wilde:

   I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.

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