English-Thai Dictionary

asylum

N ที่หลบภัย  ที่ ลี้ภัย  สถานที่ ปกป้อง  shelter refuge safety ti-lob-phai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASYLUM

n.[L. from Gr. safe from spoil, and spoil, to plunder. ] 1. A sanctuary, or place of refuge, where criminals and debtors shelter themselves from justice, and from which they cannot be taken without sacrilege. Temples and altars were anciently asylums; as were tombs, statues and monuments. The ancient heathens allowed asylums for the protection of the vilest criminals; and the Jews had their cities of refuge.
2. Any place of retreat and security.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ASYLUM

A *sy "lum, n.; pl. E. Asylums, L. Asyla. Etym: [L. asylum, Gr.

 

1. 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. So sacred was the church to some, that it had the right of an asylum or sanctuary. Ayliffe.

 

Note: The name was anciently given to temples, altars, statues of the gods, and the like. In later times Christian churches were regarded as asylums in the same sense.

 

2. Any place of retreat and security. Earth has no other asylum for them than its own cold bosom. Southey.

 

3. 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

asylum

a sy lum |əˈsīləm əˈsaɪləm | ▶noun 1 (also political asylum ) the protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee: granting asylum to foreigners persecuted for political reasons. • shelter or protection from danger: asylum for those too ill to care for themselves. 2 dated an institution offering shelter and support to people who are mentally ill: he'd been committed to an asylum. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘place of refuge, ’ esp. for criminals ): via Latin from Greek asulon ‘refuge, ’ from asulos ‘inviolable, ’ from a- ‘without ’ + sulon ‘right of seizure. ’ The current senses date from the 18th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

asylum

asy ¦lum |əˈsʌɪləm | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] (also political asylum ) the protection granted by a state to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee: people seeking asylum in Britain | [ as modifier ] : an asylum seeker. • shelter or protection from danger. 2 dated an institution for the care of people who are mentally ill. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘place of refuge ’, especially for criminals ): via Latin from Greek asulon ‘refuge ’, from asulos ‘inviolable ’, from a- ‘without ’ + sulon ‘right of seizure ’. Current senses date from the 18th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

asylum

asylum noun 1 he appealed for political asylum: refuge, sanctuary, shelter, safety, protection, security, immunity; a safe haven. 2 he was confined to an asylum: psychiatric hospital, mental hospital, mental institution, mental asylum; informal madhouse, loony bin, funny farm, nuthouse, bughouse; dated lunatic asylum; archaic bedlam.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

asylum

asylum noun 1 he appealed to Germany for political asylum | the refugees had to find another asylum: refuge, sanctuary, shelter, safety, safe keeping, protection, security, immunity; haven, safe haven, retreat, sanctum, harbour, port in a storm, oasis; safe house, fastness, hideaway, hideout, bolt-hole, foxhole, hiding place, den. 2 his father went mad and was confined to an asylum: psychiatric hospital, mental hospital, mental institution, mental asylum, institution; informal madhouse, nuthouse, loony bin, funny farm; N. Amer. informal bughouse, booby hatch; dated lunatic asylum; archaic bedlam.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

asylum

a sy lum /əsáɪləm /名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 U (亡命者などの )保護, 亡命 (sanctuary )▸ apply [ask ] for political asylum (政治 )亡命を申し入れる [求める ]2 C 避難所; (亡命者などの )一時的避難所 〘主として外国大使館 〙.3 C ｟古 ｠精神病院 ;｟ 古 ｠ (孤児 障害者などの )保護施設, 収容所 .～́ s è eker (政治 )亡命希望者 .