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plural shrines
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. quotations examples
Entering the tunnel, we pass a small shrine above our heads which contains a statue of St Barbara, the patron saint of tunnellers. It is traditional to have such shrines on every tunnel site.
2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 41
A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint. examples
(figuratively) A place or object hallowed from its history or associations. examples
third-person singular simple present shrines, present participle shrining, simple past and past participle shrined
To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine. quotations examples
Shrined in his sanctuary.
1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,