shrine
[noun]
Synonyms: holy place, sanctorium, sanctuary, sanctum

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Related Words: reliquary, enshrinement

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

shrine /ʃraɪn/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: scrin, from Latin scrinium 'case, box']

1. a place that is connected with a holy event or holy person, and that people visit to pray
shrine of/to
his pilgrimage to the shrine of St John

2. a place that people visit and respect because it is connected with a famous person or event:
Elvis’ home has become a shrine for his fans.
shrine to
The museum is a shrine to the great Spanish artist.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

shrine
noun
ADJ. hallowed, holy, religious, sacred This shrine is sacred to the Hindu god Vishnu.
Christian, Islamic, etc. | forest, rural, wayside | portable
VERB + SHRINE build, erect, turn sth into | dedicate a shrine dedicated to the sea goddess
go on/make a pilgrimage to, visit On his recovery he made a pilgrimage to the shrine of St John.
PREP. at a/the worshipping at wayside shrines
~ of the shrine of St Cuthbert at Durham
~ to She had turned the room into a shrine to her dead son.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲