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.
Dedicated to the divine
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
- hallowedMade or regarded holy
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
- veneratedRegarded with profound respect
blessed · divine · altar · temple · chapel · sanctuary · tabernacle · grotto
One's personal residence
- altarSacred ritual table
- memorabiliaCollected items of significance
- collectionGathered set of items
- dedicatedWholly committed to something
devotion · photographs · keepsakes · mementos · tribute · fan · celebrity · display
Container for sacred remains
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- saintsCanonized religious figures
- miraculousSeemingly impossible yet real
veneration · casket · display · pilgrims · healing · medieval · martyrs · jeweled
Edge of a road
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- flowersPlant reproductive structures
- crossesIntersecting line pairs
- accidentUnintended harmful event
makeshift · spontaneous · candles · photographs · tributes · victims · mourning · highway
holy
Dedicated to the divine
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
- hallowedMade or regarded holy
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
venerated · blessed · divine · altar · temple · chapel · sanctuary · tabernacle · grotto · pagoda
home
One's personal residence
- altarSacred ritual table
- memorabiliaCollected items of significance
- collectionGathered set of items
dedicated · devotion · photographs · keepsakes · mementos · tribute · fan · celebrity · display · corner
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
wayside
Edge of a road
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- flowersPlant reproductive structures
- crossesIntersecting line pairs
accident · makeshift · spontaneous · candles · photographs · tributes · victims · mourning · highway · markers
monument
Structure honoring someone remembered
commemoration · remembrance · mausoleum · tombstone · epitaph · veterans · fallen · heroes · war · sacrifice
journey
Travel from place to place
yatra · medina · devotee · procession · blessing
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- heritage sitesWorld Heritage Site, historic landmarks, Machu Picchu, monument, cultural landmarks
- cultural heritage.traditions, customs, folklore, monuments, artifacts
- historic sitesruins, historic site, basilica, monument, fortress
- landmarkspyramids, lighthouse, national monument, Colosseum, Eiffel Tower
- village lifevillage, hamlet, thatched roofs, chalet, folk tales
shrinesoffice buildings
Structures for professional work
warehouses · factories · shopping malls · commercial buildings · government buildings
- 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
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