Thesaurus results for SHRINE

shrine

noun

ˈshrīn

as in sanctuary

a place that is considered sacred (as within a religion) for centuries pilgrims have traveled to the shrine of Saint Thomas à Becket in Canterbury, England

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Recent Examples of shrine He was sent to Islamic schools from an early age and briefly studied in Najaf, a Shiite shrine city in neighboring Iraq. —

Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2026 Others mourned as a black flag was raised over the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad. —

Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026 Mourners raised a black flag over the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad and the Iranian government declared 40 days of public mourning and a seven-day nationwide public holiday to commemorate Khamenei’s death. —

Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2026 Khamenei—the son of a poor cleric from the shrine city of Mashhad—had other ideas. —

Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shrine

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sanctuary

Noun

Nayara Tented Camp pushes this forward by creating a sanctuary for sloths out of the reforestation of hundreds of native trees, to grow alongside habitats for native frogs, birds, and armadillos.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Mar. 2026
But gym CrossFit Loop and Stumpy's Pizza would have to close to make way for the church sanctuary.

— Olivia Young, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026