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asylum
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Asylum
Asylum
may refer to:
Kinds of asylum
Asylum (antiquity)
, places of refuge in ancient Greece and Rome
Benevolent Asylum
, a 19th-century Australian institution for housing the destitute
Church asylum or
sanctuary
, a right to be safe from arrest in the sanctuary of a church or temple
Insane asylum or lunatic asylum, an obsolete type of institution for housing those deemed insane: see
History of psychiatric institutions
Orphan asylum or
orphanage
, an institution dedicated to caring for orphans
Right of asylum
or political asylum
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