shrine

Shrine is a related term of cenotaph.

As nouns the difference between shrine and cenotaph

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 cenotaph is a monument erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere; especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.

As a verb shrine

is to enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.

As a noun 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.

Shrine is a related term of gravestone.

As nouns the difference between shrine and gravestone

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 gravestone is a stone slab set at the head of a grave.

As a verb shrine

is 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.

As nouns the difference between memorial and shrine

is that memorial is a structure, such as a monument, intended to celebrate the memory of a person or event 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 an adjective memorial

is serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.

As a verb shrine is

to enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.

As nouns the difference between coffin and shrine

is that coffin is an oblong closed box in which a dead person is buried 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 verbs the difference between coffin and shrine

is that coffin is to place in a coffin while shrine is to enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.

As nouns the difference between shrine and church

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 church is a Christian house of worship; a building where religious services take place.

As verbs the difference between shrine and church

is that shrine is to enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine while church is to conduct a religious service for (a woman) after childbirth.

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As nouns the difference between defilement and shrine

is that defilement is the unwinding or unreeling of a film 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.

As a noun 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.