Refuge

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

II. Refuge ·vt To Shelter; to Protect.

III. Refuge ·noun An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.

IV. Refuge ·noun 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.