Monument vs Shrine - What's the difference?
monument | shrine | Synonyms |
A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
An important site owned by the community as a whole.
An exceptional or proud achievement.
An important burial vault or tomb.
A legal document.
A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
---- A holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped.
A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
A place or object hallowed from its history or associations.
To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.
As nouns the difference between monument and shrine
is that monument is a structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration while shrine is a holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped.As a verb shrine is
to enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.monument
English
(wikipedia monument)Noun
(en noun)- There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I.
Hyponyms
* cenotaphExternal links
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shrine
English
(wikipedia shrine)Noun
(en noun)- a shrine of art
Verb
(shrin)- Shrined in his sanctuary. — Milton.
