Thesaurus results for SHRINE

shrine

noun

ˈshrīn

as in sanctuary

a place that is considered sacred (as within a religion) for centuries pilgrims have traveled to the shrine of Saint Thomas à Becket in Canterbury, England

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Recent Examples of shrine The central story was the overwhelming evidence indicating that Russia’s attack on one of Christianity’s greatest shrines during its military assault on Kyiv was a war crime. —

Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026 The instruments are on conspicuous display in the respective sitting rooms, each placed atop a shrine of its own, often with an incense stick burning under it. —

Literary Hub, 16 June 2026 The current watchers of the shrine are Sgt. —

David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026 Religious pilgrimages to local shrines mix piety with communal festivities and music. —

Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for shrine

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sanctuary

Noun

Rhaena goes to the Vale and begs Lady Jeyne Arryn for sanctuary, but the noblewoman wants nothing to do with her.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
In the warm ivory sanctuary of her office in her ambassadorial Georgian town house in London, Madonna is on the latest turn of the roller coaster that is her thrilling, adventuresome, and fecund life.

— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026