shrine
A holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped.
Other meanings
A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
A place or object hallowed from its history or associations.
“a shrine of art”
A kind of
- place of worship
Related words
- unshrined
- enshrine
- Shriner
- shrinelike
- shrineless
- shrinegoer
- shrine-goer
- shrinekeeper
- shrinelet
- ancestral shrine
- shrinal
Word history
From Medieval Latin "scrīnium" (reliquary).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “shrine” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.