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 The current watchers of the shrine are Sgt. —

David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026 Religious pilgrimages to local shrines mix piety with communal festivities and music. —

Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026 The forest is full of small challenges, not unlike the shrines in Tears of the Kingdom. —

Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 6 June 2026 The three other sites are ruins at Kilwa Kisiwani, an island and UNESCO World Heritage Site; rock art at Kondoa, also an UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Dodoma region of Tanzania; and the Kaiija shrine and early Iron Age metal works in Katuruka, west of Lake Victoria. —

Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for shrine

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sanctuary

Noun

The islands are wildlife sanctuaries.

— Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2026
The sanctuary, located near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, cares for a colony of African vervet monkeys descended from animals linked to a roadside zoo and research facility that operated decades ago.

— Joan Murray, CBS News, 21 June 2026