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# shrine

«shrine» in Mova's school dictionary: **a holy place, often a small chapel or a tomb, where…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (shrines)

### meaning for a pupil

A shrine is a holy place, often a small chapel or a tomb, where people go to pray or to honour a saint or god. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrine/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in the tales a holy place where pilgrims come to pray or leave gifts, often a small chapel in the woods or on a mountain.

### examples

- We visited the shrine to pray. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrine/#x1)
- The hermit lived near a small shrine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrine/#x2)
- People left flowers at the shrine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrine/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shrine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shrine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.