Definitions for refuges

refuges ref·uge

Spelling: [ref-yooj]
IPA: /ˈrɛf yudʒ/

Refuges is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 120 anagrams from letters in refuges (eefgrsu).

Definitions for refuges

noun

  1. shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.:
  2. a place of shelter, protection, or safety.
  3. anything to which one has recourse for aid, relief, or escape.

verb (used with object)

  1. Archaic. to afford refuge to.

verb (used without object)

  1. Archaic. to take refuge.

Origin of refuges

1350-1400; Middle English Middle French Latin refugium, equivalent to refug(ere) to turn and flee, run away (re- re- + fugere to flee; see fugi

Examples for refuges

The regions where it is strong have served as a refuge for al Qaeda, which is the main American target.

I have said that the refuge in God is not a question of morals; but it is one of righteousness.

I have not meant to say that even with one's refuge in God there is nothing left to struggle with.

Casa Bruja is a diamond in the rough, a refuge among all this bedlam.

They carved a refuge out of the wilderness and then, in 200 years, built it into the most powerful nation on earth.

Public schools remain the refuge of those who have no other place to go.

There is a refuge for him, a defence, a safeguard which no material attack can break down.

He would never have gone to his father's room for refuge from sleeplessness.

She knew at once that she must betake her to the Truth for refuge.

He bought a garage and he offered a refuge or sorts to a faction of the Juárez cartel that threw in its lot with El Chapo.

Word Value for refuges
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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