アジール

noun

asylum

A place of refuge or protection, often used in historical or legal contexts. The term is a direct loan from German 'Asyl' and may carry a slightly academic or European nuance compared to the more common 亡命 (ぼうめい) for political asylum.

from German Asyl

• 中ちゅう世せいの教きょう会かいは、しばしばアジールとして機き能のうした。

  Medieval churches often functioned as asylums.

• 彼かれは迫はく害がいを逃のがれ、隣りん国ごくにアジールを求もとめた。

  He fled persecution and sought asylum in a neighboring country.