Shrine vs Ziarat - What's the difference?
shrine | ziarat |
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.
(chiefly, Baluchistan) An Islamic shrine
*{{quote-book, year=1891, author=Harry De Windt, title=A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán, chapter=, edition=
, passage=On the wedding-day the bridegroom, gorgeously arrayed, and mounted on his best horse or camel, proceeds with his friends to a "ziarat ," or shrine, there to implore a blessing
*{{quote-book, year=1908, author=G. J. Younghusband, title=The Story of the Guides, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Palmer
As nouns the difference between shrine and ziarat
is that 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 while ziarat is an Islamic shrine.As a verb shrine
is to enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.shrine
English
(wikipedia shrine)Noun
(en noun)- a shrine of art
Verb
(shrin)- Shrined in his sanctuary. — Milton.
Anagrams
* English terms with unknown etymologiesziarat
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