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Synonyms of shrine in English:

shrine


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See Spanish definition of santuario

noun

1‘the shrine of St James’

SYNONYMS
holy place, temple, church, chapel, tabernacle, altar, sanctuary, sanctum
Buddhism stupa, tope
Islam dargah, marabout
Hinduism tirtha
chorten
sacrarium, nymphaeum
archaic fane
rare martyry, ciborium, feretory

2‘Davis has turned his home into a shrine to the jockey’

SYNONYMS
memorial, monument, cenotaph, cairn, place dedicated to …

3‘the abbey was built around the shrine of Saint Alban’

SYNONYMS
tomb, burial chamber, sepulchre, mausoleum, crypt, vault, catacomb, reliquary, charnel house
rare feretory