shrine

shrine (s̸hrīn)

noun

1. reliquary
2. a niche or other setting for a statue, picture, or other object arousing or designed to arouse devotion
3. a small area or structure arranged for private devotion
1. a place revered as the place of death or burial of a saint or other venerable personage
2. a place revered as the site of a reported supernatural apparition, miraculous occurrence, etc.
3. any of certain churches or chapels often visited by pilgrims, specif. by those seeking special spiritual help, cures, etc.
any site or structure used in worship or devotion; esp., an area or a temple or templelike structure used in the worship of one or more deities
1. a place or structure esteemed for its importance or centrality as in history or the arts
2. a place or structure designed as a memorial to someone or something

Etymology: ME schrin < OE scrin < L scrinium, chest, box, orig., a round container < IE *(s)krei- < base *(s)ker-, to turn: see shrink

transitive verb shrined, shrin′·ing

sacred place, sacred object, hallowed place, reliquary, sepulcher, memorial; see also altar, church 1.

Preposition: of

saint: They ask permission to enter or leave the shrine of the saint.

Converse of object

dedicate: In Japan there were no shrines dedicated to living emperors.
erect: To honor and worship Apollonius, they erected shrines and other memorials.
visit: Visiting the Shrine of the " Iberian Mother of God " .
restore: This was the original heart of the restored Catholic shrine.
build: Build a small personal shrine or a large Temple!
destroy: This statue was itself based on the Great Seal of the Abbey of Walsingham from the original Shrine destroyed in 1538.

Adjective modifier

anglo-catholic: They also held the patronage of several major Anglo-catholic shrines in the east end of London.
holy: Formerly 3,000 Iranian pilgrims were allowed to visit the holy shrines in Iraq, he added.
inmost: On the one hand, the inmost shrine in which it is fashioned and nursed, the shrine of this poor heart of mine!
sacred: On this tour we visit the sacred shrines of our ancestors whose spirit dwells in these natural sanctuaries.
makeshift: Only family wreaths adorn the graveside while hundreds of floral tributes, scarves and football tops have been moved to a makeshift shrine nearby.

Modifies a noun

room: Some aspect of the shrine room was apparently keeping the unhealthy spiral at bay.

Noun used with modifier

wayside: He converted the church porch into a wayside shrine where people could write their requests for prayers in a book.
Buddhist: A cyber reconstruction of the world's largest Buddhist shrine.
pagan: The Cheese Well may have been a pagan shrine in the past, whose veneration has fallen to superstition.
roadside: At the scene of the accident Tim finds a little girl ( Jane Asher ) who has built a roadside shrine to Pierre.
cave: St Fillan's cave shrine is near Pittenweem harbor.
family: The child is now fit to study the scriptures and carry out worship in the family shrine.

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