EGAVE

shrine

About 5.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
  3. noun A place or object hallowed from its history or associations.
    a shrine of art
  4. verb To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.

Similar words

enshrine altar sanctum aisle idol temple sacred sanctity holy divinity

Often followed by

of in to and at is was for on

Word family

shrined shrines shrining

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