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shrine

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

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Rahaf immediately set up what she called "a shrine" to her sister Sara, with photographs and mementoes, including her watch, carefully laid out on a bookcase.

From BBC

Next to the TV, there’s even a shrine with devotional portraits of their icon.

And then comes the best part: labeling, stacking and watching the freezer transform into a tidy shrine of meals ready to pull from across the coming weeks.

From Salon

To the side of the church an old confession booth has been converted into a shrine to him.

From BBC

Riley ultimately held the performance at the Kiyomizu-dera shrine in Kyoto under what was said to be a magical July full moon.

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

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