shrine

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 Rosales juxtaposes a wall of psychedelic party posters, glowing beneath blacklight, with a roadside shrine of flowers and votive candles remembering loss. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025 The complex houses four shrines, the most revered being the Nani Mandir. Zia Ur-Rehman Asim Hafeez, New York Times, 30 May 2025 Instead, family and friends have made the Nova site a shrine to beautiful young people who just wanted to dance. Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025 The shrine was destroyed, its only remaining feature the stone outline of the great east window of the priory built to house the shrine, which stands like a gaping mouth, a howl against its own decreation. Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for shrine
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sanctuary
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  • Thanks to these efforts, species like the kakapo and tuatara have been reintroduced to predator-free sanctuaries.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
  • King said the one caveat for houses of worship is that some spaces could be considered private, such as offices or classrooms, while the sanctuary or lobby could be considered public.
    Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 4 July 2025

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“Shrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrine. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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