shrine
Pilgrimage destination site
A shrine is a place considered sacred, often containing relics or dedicated to a deity, saint, or spirit.
Pilgrims visit shrines to pray, seek healing, or pay homage: the shrine at Lourdes, a roadside shrine to the Virgin Mary.
The word extends to any place treated with special reverence: His office became a shrine to his late father, fans turned the crash site into a shrine.
Shinto sacred spirits
Sacred ritual table
- deityWorshipped supernatural being
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
- offeringsThings presented or given
- idolObject of worship
incense · prayers · ritual · priest · priestess · sanctum · holy · votive
Monumental building for interment
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- cenotaphTomb without a body
sepulcher · reliquary · ossuary · cremains · urn · epitaph · martyrdom · pilgrimage
Place of safety
- havenShelter from danger
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- peacefulFree from disturbance
- secludedSet apart, private
tranquil · meditation · solace · contemplation · stillness · escape · respite · cloister
Preserved items from antiquity
- saintsCanonized religious figures
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
- censerVessel for burning aromatics
chalice · artifacts · monstrance · casket · gilded · jeweled · medieval · cathedral
Zealous admirer or follower
- journeyTravel from place to place
- meccaDestination for enthusiasts
- miraculousSeemingly impossible yet real
- healingRestoration of health
petition · ex-voto · procession · blessing · faithful · visitation · destination · travel
Offering of respect
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- flowersPlant reproductive structures
- candlesWax lights with wicks
- photographsLight-captured images
roadside · makeshift · spontaneous · victims · remembrance · mourning · tragedy · anniversary
kami
Shinto sacred spirits
altar
Sacred ritual table
- deityWorshipped supernatural being
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
- offeringsThings presented or given
idol · incense · prayers · ritual · priest · priestess · sanctum · holy · votive · libation
mausoleum
Monumental building for interment
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
cenotaph · sepulcher · reliquary · ossuary · cremains · urn · epitaph · martyrdom · pilgrimage · ancestor
refuge
Place of safety
secluded · tranquil · meditation · solace · contemplation · stillness · escape · respite · cloister · hermitage
relics
Preserved items from antiquity
- saintsCanonized religious figures
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
censer · chalice · artifacts · monstrance · casket · gilded · jeweled · medieval · cathedral · miraculous
devotee
Zealous admirer or follower
- journeyTravel from place to place
- meccaDestination for enthusiasts
- miraculousSeemingly impossible yet real
healing · petition · ex-voto · procession · blessing · faithful · visitation · destination · travel · circuit
tribute
Offering of respect
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- flowersPlant reproductive structures
- candlesWax lights with wicks
photographs · roadside · makeshift · spontaneous · victims · remembrance · mourning · tragedy · anniversary · eternal
- sacred placestemple complex, basilica, abbey, church, chapel
- village lifevillage, hamlet, thatched roofs, chalet, folk tales
- worship placeschurch, temple, mosque, chapel, cathedral
- Japanese religionShinto, kami, Shintoism, Buddhism, torii
- sacred architecturechurch, churches, cathedral, cathedrals, temple
- sacred sitesBuddhist temples, Jerusalem, consecrated ground, Hindu temples, sacred rivers
shrinesecular
Nonreligious, worldly
common ground · commercial space · warehouse · marketplace · latrine
- holy shrineSacred place of worship
- ancestral shrinePlace honoring deceased relatives
- Catholic shrineHoly pilgrimage site
- Shinto shrineJapanese spirit worship site
- shrine maidensFemale Shinto temple assistants
- healing shrineSacred site for restoration
enshrine, shrines, enshrined, enshrining, enshrines, shrinelike, enshrinement