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sanctuarylike

sanctuarylike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a sanctuary.

Adjective

sanctuarylike (comparative more sanctuarylike, superlative most sanctuarylike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a sanctuary.
    • Each 16-by-13-inch painting has a wall to itself, creating a sanctuarylike environment.2009 March 6, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times

Forms of sanctuarylike

comparativemore sanctuarylike
superlativemost sanctuarylike

Origin of sanctuarylike

From sanctuary + -like.

Questions about sanctuarylike

What does sanctuarylike mean?
Sanctuarylike means resembling or characteristic of a sanctuary.
What part of speech is sanctuarylike?
Sanctuarylike is an adjective.

Words near sanctuarylike in the dictionary

  1. sanctuarizing
  2. sanctuary
  3. sanctuary cities
  4. sanctuary city
  5. Sanctuary Point
  6. sanctuarylike
  7. sanctum
  8. sanctum sanctorum
  9. sanctum sanctorums
  10. sanctum santorum
  11. sanctums

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