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Shrine
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The box, casket, or other repository in which the relics of a saint are preserved. Also, a tomb-like erection of rich workmanship, enclosing the relics of a saint. In extended application: A receptacle containing an object of religious veneration; occas. a niche for sacred images. A place where worship is offered or devotions are paid to a saint or deity; a temple, church.
[Oxford English Dictionary - Second Edition (1989)]
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A case, box, or receptacle; especially : one in which sacred relics (as the bones of a saint) are deposited. A place in which devotion is paid to a saint or deity : Sanctuary. A niche containing a religious image. A receptacle (as a tomb) for the dead.
A place or object hallowed by its associations.
[Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate Dictionary, 2003]
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