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A door that locks behind you, not in front, when the world turns feral.
means A place of safety or shelter from danger, trouble, or pursuit — or the protection such a place offers.
from From Latin refugium, 'a place to flee back to,' built from re- ('back') and fugere ('to flee') — the same root that runs through 'fugitive' and 'refugee.' It reached English through Old French in the medieval period, carrying that original sense of running back toward somewhere safe.
- latin root
- From refugium: literally a place to flee back to
- sacred sanctuary
- Medieval churches granted fugitives 40 days of legal safety
- animal version
- Wildlife refuges cover over 850 million U.S. acres
- word vs deed
- Refugees number over 35 million worldwide today
- hidden mountain
- Mountain huts called refuges shelter exhausted alpine climbers
darfur refugee camps — chad hosts over 500,000 sudanese refugees fleeing conflict since 2003
kakuma refugee camp — kenya's camp housing 185,000+ refugees from south sudan, somalia, ethiopia
united nations refugee agency — unhcr assists 108 million forcibly displaced people globally as of 2024