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shrine

noun as in tribute to a god, idol, or spirit

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Flights are temporarily halted, the stock market will trade an hour later and parents are packing shrines for prayers -- it can only be college entry exam day for South Korean students.

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In the village of Murohama, a shrine at the top of the town’s largest hill carried a dire warning.

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In the corner of her living room, Denes has set up a shrine to her missing granddaughter.

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The Rose Bowl is the shrine of college football and a great place to tailgate and celebrate the Bruins.

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But that intervention was a political decision and, for many, a religious duty to protect Shiite shrines in Syria.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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