Synonyms for shrine
ʃraɪnshrine

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1. shrineverb

   a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person

2. enshrine, shrineverb

   enclose in a shrine

   "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"

   Synonyms:
   saint, enshrine

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1. fane

   middle english from latin fanum

   Submitted by JP03 on October 26, 2014  

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1. shrinenoun

   Synonyms:
   altar, place of worship, sacred place

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1. List of paraphrases for "shrine":

   mausoleum, sanctuary, mazar-e, mazar, tomb, altar, temple, idol, sanctum

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1. Mohammed Arif:

   My father used to bring me to this shrine, now I am bringing my children.

2. Felix Adler:

   The unique personality which is the real life in me, I can not gain unless I search for the real life, the spiritual quality, in others. I am myself spiritually dead unless I reach out to the fine quality dormant in others. For it is only with the god enthroned in the innermost shrine of the other, that the god hidden in me, will consent to appear.

3. Jane Fondalikes to toke:

   I’ve found myself backsliding a bit of late in terms of where my thoughts have tended to reside (not always with the generosity of vision I wish for) and my confidence has been iffy for the past four months, so, while meditating today, an idea came to me: I’m going to create a shrine to myself —or, at least, the self I wish to be, the self who began to manifest when I was a young girl before the s**t hit the fan.

4. Yasuo Fukuda:

   I think one should not do something provocative toward international opinion at this juncture, and I think that Prime Minister Abe is thinking quite cautiously about whether to go to Yasukuni Shrine.

5. Prayar Gopalakrishnan:

   The Board will implead in the case to protect the interests of the devotees, the divinity of the shrine comes from this custom. That will be protected at any cost.