shrine
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A bronze shrine in the west wall suited what President Calvin Coolidge would later call “a great spiritual document.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The shrine is the ornate burial place of Ali -- the Prophet Mohammed's son-in-law, the fourth Islamic caliph and the first Shia Imam.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
In Iraq's holy city of Najaf, the majestic shrine of Imam Ali stands quiet, its vast courtyards no longer echoing with the multilingual whispers of pilgrims from before the Middle East war.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Nigeria's seat of power, the Aso Rock presidential villa, rests on what was once a community shrine.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
I still bowed to the household shrine each morning, but now I begged Krishna to find a way to let me escape.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
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World Religions
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