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Pronunciation / Transliteration: seongji
"그들은 산속에 있는 작은 성지를 찾아갔다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A place or enclosure consecrated to a deity, saint, or holy person, often containing their image or relics and used as a place of worship.
"Pilgrims travel from all over the country to visit the ancient forest shrine." - 2
A tomb or structure built to honor the memory of a revered person or event.
"The family turned the bedroom into a small shrine filled with photographs and mementos."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English 'scrīn', meaning chest, box, or reliquary, originating from the Latin 'scrinium' (case or chest for books). Over centuries in English, the meaning shifted from a container for sacred relics to the sacred structure or place housing the relics or dedicated to a deity or saint.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Shrine" is said worldwide
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sanctuaire
Transliteration: /sɑ̃k.tɥɛʁ/
"Le sanctuaire est perché au sommet de la montagne."
Schrein
Transliteration: /ʃʁaɪ̯n/
"Der Schrein wurde von vielen Gläubigen besucht."
santuario
Transliteration: /sanˈtwa.rjo/
"Il santuario antico attira molti visitatori ogni anno."
santuario
Transliteration: /sanˈtwa.ɾjo/
"El santuario está ubicado en medio del bosque sagrado."
santuário
Transliteration: /sɐ̃.twiˈa.ɾi.u/
"Eles rezaram juntos no santuário da cidade."
तीर्थस्थान
Transliteration: teerthsthan
"वह पवित्र तीर्थस्थान पहाड़ों में स्थित है।"
神圣的场所
Transliteration: shénshèng de chǎngsuǒ
Script: 神社
"这座古老的寺庙和神社吸引了无数游客。"
성지
Transliteration: seongji
"그들은 산속에 있는 작은 성지를 찾아갔다."
神社
Transliteration: jinja
"古い神社には大きな鳥居があります。"
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