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单词 shrine
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shrine

The pilgrims from Evesham arrived in Canterbury on Tuesday and visited the shrine late on Wednesday morning.He used to believe in the shrine, that's why he had brought his mother here.By then they were only half a mile or so away from the charco and the shrine.

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shrine

British English: shrine /ʃraɪn/ NOUN
A shrine is a holy place associated with a sacred person or object.
...the holy shrine.
  • American English: shrine
  • Arabic: ضَرِيح
  • Brazilian Portuguese: santuário
  • Chinese: 神殿
  • Croatian: hram
  • Czech: svatyně
  • Danish: helligdom
  • Dutch: heiligdom
  • European Spanish: santuario
  • Finnish: pyhäkkö
  • French: sanctuaire
  • German: Schrein
  • Greek: τέμενος
  • Italian: sacrario
  • Japanese: 霊廟
  • Korean: 사당
  • Norwegian: helligdom
  • Polish: sanktuarium
  • European Portuguese: santuário
  • Romanian: altar
  • Russian: храм
  • Latin American Spanish: santuario
  • Swedish: helgedom
  • Thai: แท่นบูชา
  • Turkish: mabet
  • Ukrainian: святиня
  • Vietnamese: đền thờ

Chinese translation of 'shrine'

shrine

(ʃraɪn)

n (c)

  1. (religious) 圣(聖)坛(壇) (shèngtán)
  2. (to sb's memory) 圣(聖)地 (shèngdì) (个(個), )
(noun) 
Definition
a place of worship associated with a sacred person or object
the holy shrine of Mecca
Synonyms
holy place
temple
a small Hindu temple
sanctuary
altar
church
one of the country's most historic churches
tabernacle
Holy City
place of pilgrimage
(noun) 
a shrine to the dead and the missing
Synonyms
memorial
Every village had its war memorial.
tribute
cairn
monument
He laid a wreath on a monument near Bayeux.
(noun) 
Definition
the tomb of a saint or other holy person
He was given his ceremonial shave in front of the family shrine.
Synonyms
vault
He ordered that Matilda's body should be buried in the family vault.
crypt
people buried in the crypt of an old London church
catacomb
sepulchre
Death holds him in his sepulchre.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of church
Definition
a building for public Christian worship
one of the country's most historic churches
Synonyms
chapel,
temple,
cathedral,
kirk (Scottish),
minster,
basilica,
tabernacle,
place of worship,
house of God,
megachurch (US),
procathedral
in the sense of crypt
Definition
a vault or underground chamber, such as one beneath a church, used as a burial place
people buried in the crypt of an old London church
Synonyms
vault,
tomb,
catacomb,
ossuary,
undercroft
in the sense of monument
Definition
something, such as a statue or building, erected in commemoration of a person or event
He laid a wreath on a monument near Bayeux.
Synonyms
memorial,
cairn,
statue,
pillar,
marker,
shrine,
tombstone,
mausoleum,
commemoration,
headstone,
gravestone,
obelisk,
cenotaph

Nearby words of
shrine

  • shrewish
  • shriek
  • shrill
  • shrine
  • shrink
  • shrink back
  • shrink from something or someone

Synonyms of 'shrine'

shrine

Explore 'shrine' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of sanctuary
Definition
the part of a church nearest the main altar
Synonyms
shrine,
church,
temple,
altar,
sanctum,
Holy of Holies
in the sense of sepulchre
Definition
a burial vault, tomb, or grave
Death holds him in his sepulchre.
Synonyms
tomb,
grave,
vault,
mausoleum,
sarcophagus,
burial place
in the sense of temple
Definition
a building or place used for the worship of a god or gods
a small Hindu temple
Synonyms
shrine,
church,
sanctuary,
holy place,
place of worship,
house of God
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