ancestral shrine
ancestral shrine · ancestral shrines
A temple dedicated to deified ancestors and progenitors of surname lineages or…A temple dedicated to deified ancestors and progenitors of surname lineages or families in Chinese folk religion.
Meaning
1 sensesA temple dedicated to deified ancestors and progenitors of surname lineages or families in Chinese folk religion.
Forms
plural: ancestral shrines| Singular | ancestral shrine |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsSee also
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