Definition of Refge
Ref"uge (r?f"?j), n. [F.
réfuge, L. refugium, fr. refugere to flee
back; pref. re- + figere. SEe Fugitive.]
1. Shelter or protection from danger or
distress.
Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these
Find place or refuge. Milton.
We might have a strong consolation, who have fled for
refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.
Heb. vi. 18.
2. 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.
The high hills are a refuger the wild
goats. Ps. civ. 18.
The Lord also will be a refuge for the
oppressed. Ps. ix. 9.
3. An expedient to secure protection or
defense; a device or contrivance.
Their latest refuge
Was to send him. Shak.
Light must be supplied, among gracefulrefuges,
by terracing &?;&?;&?; story in danger of darkness.
Sir H. Wotton.
Cities of refuge (Jewish Antiq.),
certain cities appointed as places of safe refuge for persons who
had committed homicide without design. Of these there were three on
each side of Jordan. Josh. xx. -- House of
refuge, a charitable institution for giving shelter and
protection to the homeless, destitute, or tempted.
Syn. -- Shelter; asylum; retreat; covert.
Ref"uge (r?f"?j), v. t. To shelter;
to protect. [Obs.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
REFUGE, n. Anything assuring protection to one in peril. Moses and
Joshua provided six cities of refuge -- Bezer, Golan, Ramoth, Kadesh,
Schekem and Hebron -- to which one who had taken life inadvertently
could flee when hunted by relatives of the deceased. This admirable
expedient supplied him with wholesome exercise and enabled them to
enjoy the pleasures of the chase; whereby the soul of the dead man was
appropriately honored by observations akin to the funeral games of
early Greece.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- A state of safety, protection or shelter
- A place providing safety, protection or shelter
- Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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