shrines

Sites for pilgrims

Shrines is the plural of shrine—a place considered sacred or holy, often containing relics or dedicated to a deity or saint: pilgrims visiting the shrines of medieval Europe.

By extension, any place treated with special reverence qualifies: The bedroom remained a shrine to their dead son.

Fans create shrines to celebrities; devotees to causes.

The verb shrine means to enshrine.

sacred

holy

Dedicated to the divine

venerated · blessed · divine · altar · temple · chapel · sanctuary · tabernacle · grotto · pagoda

personal

home

One's personal residence

dedicated · devotion · photographs · keepsakes · mementos · tribute · fan · celebrity · display · corner

relics

reliquary

Container for sacred remains

  • artifactHuman-made historical object
  • bonesRigid internal support structure
  • saintsCanonized religious figures

miraculous · veneration · casket · display · pilgrims · healing · medieval · martyrs · jeweled · glass

roadside

wayside

Edge of a road

accident · makeshift · spontaneous · candles · photographs · tributes · victims · mourning · highway · markers

memorial

monument

Structure honoring someone remembered

commemoration · remembrance · mausoleum · tombstone · epitaph · veterans · fallen · heroes · war · sacrifice

pilgrimage

journey

Travel from place to place

  • pilgrimReligious journey-taker
  • meccaDestination for enthusiasts
  • hajjMuslim pilgrimage to Mecca

yatra · medina · devotee · procession · blessing

Categories
Opposites
sacred vs. secular space

shrinesoffice buildings

Structures for professional work

warehouses · factories · shopping malls · commercial buildings · government buildings

veneration vs. desecration

shrinesruins

Decayed structural remains

rubble · abominations

permanence vs. transience

shrinestemporary shelters

Structures for brief habitation

tent cities · construction zones

Phrases
Family

shrine, enshrine, enshrined, enshrining, enshrines, shrinelike, enshrinement

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