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Refuge
[
ref
-yooj
]
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ˈrɛf
yudʒ
/
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Refuge
is a place or state of
safety
. Refuge may also refer to:
Other uses
Area of refuge
, a location in a building that may be used by occupants in the event of a fire
A place intended to shelter cultural property, in the context of the
Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
Wildlife refuge
, a sanctuary or protected area for wildlife
Refuge (ecology)
, a situation in which members of an exploited population have some form of protection from their exploiters (e.g.
predators
)
A Christian programme for homosexual teenagers run by
Love In Action
Refuge (Buddhism)
, the basis of being a Buddhist
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
, a book by
Terry Tempest Williams
Refuge Records
, a record label in the 1980s
An 1999 episode of
Law & Order
The Refuge
, an episode of
The Outer Limits
television series
See also
Refugia
Refugee (disambiguation)
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