Definition of "shrine" []

• A place of religious devotion or commemoration, such as: (noun)
• A place where devotion is paid to a deity or deities, as in Shinto. (noun)
• The tomb of a saint or other venerated person. (noun)
• A location where an important event in the life of a holy person is thought to have occurred. (noun)
• A container or receptacle for sacred relics; a reliquary. (noun)

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• "Trubek finds the whole notion of "literary pilgrimages" perverse, and rightly points out that preserving a house as a shrine is a particularly costly, even downright wasteful form of "worship.""
• "Rising under the shrine is a lighthouse gleaming white in the day, and at night its turning lights brings boats safely home."
• "The main building at each shrine is a simple thatched hut made of unpainted cypress wood in ancient Japanese style."