SHRINE


Meaning of SHRINE in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ hallowed , holy , religious , sacred

This ~ is sacred to the Hindu god Vishnu.

▪ Buddhist , Catholic , Muslim , Shinto , etc.

▪ makeshift

a makeshift ~ near the spot where he died

▪ ancient

▪ ancestral , family , household , national

▪ roadside

VERB + SHRINE

▪ build , create , erect

▪ turn sth into

▪ become

▪ dedicate

a ~ dedicated to the sea goddess

▪ go on a pilgrimage to , make a pilgrimage to , visit

On his recovery he made a pilgrimage to the ~ of St John.

SHRINE + NOUN

▪ city

▪ room

PREPOSITION

▪ at a/the ~

The people worshipped at wayside ~s.

▪ ~ of

the ~ of St Cuthbert at Durham

▪ ~ to

She had turned the room into a ~ to her dead son.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .