shrine
/ʃraɪn/
verb
- To enshrine; to preserve or protect something as if it were sacred.
- The law shrines the right to free speech as a fundamental value.
- The museum shrines the artist's original sketches in a climate-controlled room.
- They shrine the memory of their ancestors in a special family album.
noun
- A holy or sacred place, often associated with a religious figure or event.
- Pilgrims traveled for days to visit the ancient shrine in the mountains.
- The shrine was decorated with flowers and candles for the festival.
- There is a small shrine dedicated to the saint at the edge of the village.
- A place or object that is greatly respected or admired because of its connection to a person or event.
- His workshop became a shrine for collectors of antique clocks.
- Fans left flowers and notes at the makeshift shrine outside the singer's home.
- The old library is a shrine to the town's literary history.