Shrine

n. structure or location devoted to a god or saint; receptacle for sacred items; alcove containing a religious image; location associated with sacred persons or events; tomb of a saint

v. enshrine, place in a shrine; cherish

Shrine is also used as a conventional translation of the Japanese Jinja. A shrine, from the Latin scrinium (‘box’; also used as a desk, like the French bureau) is originally a container, usually in precious materials, especially for a relic and often a cult image, and/or a holy or sacred place , often containing the same, dedicated towards a certain deity, saint, or similar religious figure. These may include shrines in temples, home altars, and sacred burial places. A shrine where offerings are made is called an altar. Secular meanings have developed by association, as noted below.
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Noun
1. a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person
(hypernym) place of worship, house of prayer, house of God, house of worship
(hyponym) Kaaba, Caaba
(derivation) enshrine
Verb
1. enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"
(synonym) enshrine
(hypernym) enclose, inclose, shut in

(v. t.)
To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine.
  

(n.)
Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.
  

(n.)
A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.
  

(n.)
A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
  

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