Shrine
noun
A place that people visit to honor and remember someone important or something special.
The shrine was filled with visitors paying their respects.
Often appears as...
- visit a shrine
- shrine dedicated to
noun
A place considered holy because it is connected to a sacred person or event.
The shrine is a pilgrimage site for many believers.
Often appears as...
- holy shrine
- religious shrine
Usage tips
Approving
noun
Something that is a symbol of respect or devotion.
His home office is a shrine to his favorite sports team.
Often appears as...
- shrine of respect
- shrine to devotion
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
noun
A place that people visit to honor and remember someone important or something special.
The shrine was filled with visitors paying their respects.
Often appears as...
- visit a shrine
- shrine dedicated to
noun
A place considered holy because it is connected to a sacred person or event.
The shrine is a pilgrimage site for many believers.
Often appears as...
- holy shrine
- religious shrine
Usage tips
Approving
noun
Something that is a symbol of respect or devotion.
His home office is a shrine to his favorite sports team.
Often appears as...
- shrine of respect
- shrine to devotion
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Honoring Notables
Used when recognizing figures of great importance or events.
A shrine for the fallen soldiers was erected in the city center.
Pro Tip 2/3Solemn Spaces
Implies a place of quiet respect, often with subdued atmosphere.
Whispers filled the air as visitors entered the historic shrine.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Connection
Shrines evoke personal or collective emotion tied to the honored subject.
Tears were shed as they placed flowers at the shrine of the beloved leader.
Pro Tip 1/3Honoring Notables
Used when recognizing figures of great importance or events.
A shrine for the fallen soldiers was erected in the city center.
Pro Tip 2/3Solemn Spaces
Implies a place of quiet respect, often with subdued atmosphere.
Whispers filled the air as visitors entered the historic shrine.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Connection
Shrines evoke personal or collective emotion tied to the honored subject.
Tears were shed as they placed flowers at the shrine of the beloved leader.
Pro Tip 1/3Honoring Notables
Used when recognizing figures of great importance or events.
A shrine for the fallen soldiers was erected in the city center.
Pro Tip 2/3Solemn Spaces
Implies a place of quiet respect, often with subdued atmosphere.
Whispers filled the air as visitors entered the historic shrine.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Connection
Shrines evoke personal or collective emotion tied to the honored subject.
Tears were shed as they placed flowers at the shrine of the beloved leader.
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Investigating Rock...
been researching this area for years and he's convinced that some Atlantan refugees fled inland and built shrines to memorialize the lost city deciphering the shrine would help giorgos prove his theory no sir a real mental assent a burgeoning comapre barkos picomolar Oh
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Epic Grand Canyon Hike:...
any idea just trust in this area with your jackhammers with your machinery or whatever dynamite or explosive you want to bring in here you're basically destroyed a shrine the confluent mill Colorado River meets the Colorado River where they meet this is for life begins
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EXCLUSIVE: A Closer Look...
mean you feel that sacredness when you go into the building and especially into the shrine itself you you see the pilgrims who are in ecstasy as they go in and they're seeing something that they believed in all their life and and
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Descendents of Cahokia PIPE...
present and past you know portals into an underworld or into a world of ancestors and so you have cave paintings you know you have a shrines next to these access points into these caves which are often just sinkholes
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Context determines...
we are saying is that some people paid the price for that now it's coming back to us in friend forms and what do we do we seek them use them we don't abuse them we use them is a sacrifice in the city shrine
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Anand Giridharadas: A...
America's float would be a neon shrine to second chances. But America, generous with second chances to the children of other lands, today grows miserly with first chances to the children of its own.
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Why museums are...
only that we respect them. Museums are temples to things past. Now they must also become places for living cultures. As I turned to walk away from the shrine, I drank in the warm summer air,
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A glimpse of teenage...
before the household shrine with its protective deities, as he places his bulla, a protective amulet, in the shrine with a prayer of thanks. The bulla had worked. It had protected him.
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The Japanese folktale of...
How could he have been so foolish, to shirk his most important rule and corrupt his divine journey? After a tormented night, he resolved to go back to the shrine to cleanse himself.
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The Secret Lives of...
you are the shrines that we visit to kindness down and you are the perfect listeners
Video examples
Investigating Rock...
been researching this area for years and he's convinced that some Atlantan refugees fled inland and built shrines to memorialize the lost city deciphering the shrine would help giorgos prove his theory no sir a real mental assent a burgeoning comapre barkos picomolar Oh
Video examples
Epic Grand Canyon Hike:...
any idea just trust in this area with your jackhammers with your machinery or whatever dynamite or explosive you want to bring in here you're basically destroyed a shrine the confluent mill Colorado River meets the Colorado River where they meet this is for life begins
Video examples
EXCLUSIVE: A Closer Look...
mean you feel that sacredness when you go into the building and especially into the shrine itself you you see the pilgrims who are in ecstasy as they go in and they're seeing something that they believed in all their life and and
Video examples
Descendents of Cahokia PIPE...
present and past you know portals into an underworld or into a world of ancestors and so you have cave paintings you know you have a shrines next to these access points into these caves which are often just sinkholes
Video examples
Context determines...
we are saying is that some people paid the price for that now it's coming back to us in friend forms and what do we do we seek them use them we don't abuse them we use them is a sacrifice in the city shrine
Video examples
Anand Giridharadas: A...
America's float would be a neon shrine to second chances. But America, generous with second chances to the children of other lands, today grows miserly with first chances to the children of its own.
Video examples
Why museums are...
only that we respect them. Museums are temples to things past. Now they must also become places for living cultures. As I turned to walk away from the shrine, I drank in the warm summer air,
Video examples
A glimpse of teenage...
before the household shrine with its protective deities, as he places his bulla, a protective amulet, in the shrine with a prayer of thanks. The bulla had worked. It had protected him.
Video examples
The Japanese folktale of...
How could he have been so foolish, to shirk his most important rule and corrupt his divine journey? After a tormented night, he resolved to go back to the shrine to cleanse himself.
Video examples
The Secret Lives of...
you are the shrines that we visit to kindness down and you are the perfect listeners
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Chris Abani
Nigerian Author
The Igbo used to say that they built their own gods. They would come together as a community, and they would express a wish. And their wish would then be brought to a priest, who would find a ritual object, and the appropriate sacrifices would be made, and the shrine would be built for the god.
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Katherine Dunn
American Novelist
Boxing gyms are more than training facilities. They are sanctuaries in bad neighborhoods for troubled kids and shrines to the traditions of the sport. The gym is home. For many, it's the safest place they know.
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Marie Kondo
Japanese Businesswoman
The inside of a house or apartment after decluttering has much in common with a Shinto shrine... a place where there are no unnecessary things, and our thoughts become clear.
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Evan Osnos
American Journalist
In my fifth year in Beijing, I moved into a one-story brick house beside the Confucius Temple, a seven-hundred-year-old shrine to China's most important philosopher.
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Imtiaz Ali
Indian Director
Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
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Charles Buck
Their kitchen is their shrine, the cook their priest, the table their altar, and their belly their god.
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Aristophanes
Greek Poet
Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof?
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Howard Carter
English Scientist
All we have to do is to peel the shrines like an onion, and we will be with the king himself.
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Charles Eastman
Sioux Author
There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature.
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Michael McKean
American Actor
I pray to the shrine of 'Mr. Show.' It saved sketch comedy.
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Chris Abani
Nigerian Author
The Igbo used to say that they built their own gods. They would come together as a community, and they would express a wish. And their wish would then be brought to a priest, who would find a ritual object, and the appropriate sacrifices would be made, and the shrine would be built for the god.
Quote examples
Katherine Dunn
American Novelist
Boxing gyms are more than training facilities. They are sanctuaries in bad neighborhoods for troubled kids and shrines to the traditions of the sport. The gym is home. For many, it's the safest place they know.
Quote examples
Marie Kondo
Japanese Businesswoman
The inside of a house or apartment after decluttering has much in common with a Shinto shrine... a place where there are no unnecessary things, and our thoughts become clear.
Quote examples
Evan Osnos
American Journalist
In my fifth year in Beijing, I moved into a one-story brick house beside the Confucius Temple, a seven-hundred-year-old shrine to China's most important philosopher.
Quote examples
Imtiaz Ali
Indian Director
Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
Quote examples
Charles Buck
Their kitchen is their shrine, the cook their priest, the table their altar, and their belly their god.
Quote examples
Aristophanes
Greek Poet
Shrines! Shrines! Surely you don't believe in the gods. What's your argument? Where's your proof?
Quote examples
Howard Carter
English Scientist
All we have to do is to peel the shrines like an onion, and we will be with the king himself.
Quote examples
Charles Eastman
Sioux Author
There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature.
Quote examples
Michael McKean
American Actor
I pray to the shrine of 'Mr. Show.' It saved sketch comedy.
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