SHRINE


Meaning of SHRINE in English

[noun] [C] - a place for worship which is holy because of a connection with a holy person or objectIslam's most sacred shrine is at Mecca in Saudi Arabia.A shrine can also be a place where a famous person who has died is honoured.She's turned her bedroom into a shrine to the dead pop star and covered the walls with pictures of him.The exact location of his grave is being kept secret to prevent it becoming a shrine for neo-fascists.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.