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Shrines

Scope note

Places in which devotion is paid to a statue, picture, saint, deity or other holy objects. For containers for safeguarding the relics of a saint, use "reliquaries".

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30007558

Broader Terms used

<religious structures>

Equivalent Terms used

shrine

Created

13yrs ago

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