Usually means: Sanctuary cities for accidental killers.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. cities of refuge: Wordnik
  2. cities of refuge: Wiktionary
  3. Cities of refuge, Refuge, Cities of: Dictionary.com
  4. Cities of Refuge, Cities of refuge: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. cities of refuge: FreeDictionary.org
  6. Cities of refuge: TheFreeDictionary.com

Religion (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Refuge, Cities of: Easton Bible
  2. Refuge, Cities of: Catholic Encyclopedia
  3. Cities of refuge: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Cities of Refuge)

noun:  The cities of refuge (‘ārê ha-miqlāṭ) were six Levitical towns in the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah in which the perpetrators of accidental manslaughter could claim the right of asylum.


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