Shrine - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ʃraɪn|  American pronunciation of the word shrine
Brit.  |ʃraɪn|  British pronunciation of the word shrine

noun

- a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person

verb

- enclose in a shrine (syn: enshrine)
the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral

Extra examples

They erected a shrine to the saint.

The writer's house has become a shrine to his fans.

People come many miles to visit the shrine.

...at the heart of the shrine is a small rocky grotto into which pilgrims can descend...

He prostrated himself at every shrine.

Tourists were led around like sheep, from shrine to souvenir shop.

Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears

Word forms

noun
singular: shrine
plural: shrines
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