shrine
Example Sentences
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A bronze shrine in the west wall suited what President Calvin Coolidge would later call “a great spiritual document.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The southwestern French town's important Catholic shrine welcomed Jean-Paul II in 1983 and in 2004, as well as Benedict in 2008.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
He did, however, insist on the "Poldark shrine" in the women's toilets being taken down.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
The shrine is the ornate burial place of Ali -- the Prophet Mohammed's son-in-law, the fourth Islamic caliph and the first Shia Imam.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
He handed a can to Chas, then Kevin, and then he grabbed one from the shrine and tilted it toward me, a calm and serious look in his steady, fly half eyes.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
Vocabulary lists containing shrine
World Religions
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Ancient Rome - Introductory
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