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Collocations for shrine - noun

ADJECTIVE

hallowed, holy, religious, sacred
This shrine is sacred to the Hindu god Vishnu.
Buddhist, Catholic, Muslim, Shinto, etc.
makeshift
a makeshift shrine near the spot where he died
ancient
ancestral, family, household, national
roadside

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VERB + shrine

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

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shrine + NOUN

city
room

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PREPOSITION

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

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