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   shrine

   /ʃrʌɪn/

   noun

   • 1. a place regarded as holy because of its associations with a divinity or a sacred person or relic, marked by a building or other construction: "the medieval pilgrim route to the shrine of St James" Similar holy placetemplechurchchapeltabernaclealtarsanctuarysanctumstupatopedargahmarabouttirthachortensacrariumnymphaeumarchaic:fanerare:martyryciboriumferetory
   • ▪ a place associated with or containing memorabilia of a particular revered person or thing: "her grave has become a shrine for fans from all over the world"
   • ▪ a casket containing sacred relics; a reliquary. Similar tombburial chambersepulchremausoleumcryptvaultcatacombreliquarycharnel houserare:feretory
   • ▪ a niche or enclosure containing a religious statue or other object. Similar memorialmonumentcenotaphcairnplace dedicated to …

   verb

   • 1. enshrine: literary "a goddess shrined in every tree"

   Word Origin Old Englishscrīn ‘cabinet, chest, reliquary’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schrijn and German Schrein, from Latin scrinium ‘chest for books’.

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