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Collocations for shrine - noun

ADJ.

hallowed, holy, religious, sacred
This shrine is sacred to the Hindu god Vishnu.
Christian, Islamic, etc. | forest, rural, wayside | portable

VERB + SHRINE

build, erect, turn sth into | dedicate
a shrine dedicated to the sea goddess
go on/make a pilgrimage to, visit
On his recovery he made a pilgrimage to the shrine of St John.

PREP.

at a/the
worshipping at wayside shrines
~ of
the shrine of St Cuthbert at Durham
~ to
She had turned the room into a shrine to her dead son.

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