shrine
shrine /ʃraɪn/ noun [C]
1 F0 a place for worship that is holy because of a connection with a holy person or object: » Islam's most sacred shrine is at Mecca in Saudi Arabia.Thesaurus+: ↑Religious buildings and places2 F0 a special place in which you remember and praise someone who has died, especially someone famous: » She's turned her bedroom into a shrine to the dead pop star and covered the walls with pictures of him.Thesaurus+: ↑Remembering people who have died |