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ancestral shrine

ancestral shrine noun: a temple dedicated to deified ancestors and progenitors of surname lineages or families in Chinese folk religion.

Noun

ancestral shrine (plural ancestral shrines)

  1. A temple dedicated to deified ancestors and progenitors of surname lineages or families in Chinese folk religion.

Synonyms of ancestral shrine

Forms of ancestral shrine

pluralancestral shrines

Questions about ancestral shrine

What does ancestral shrine mean?
Ancestral shrine means a temple dedicated to deified ancestors and progenitors of surname lineages or families in Chinese folk religion.
What part of speech is ancestral shrine?
Ancestral shrine is a noun.
What is the plural of ancestral shrine?
The plural of ancestral shrine is ancestral shrines.

Words near ancestral shrine in the dictionary

  1. ancestral halls
  2. ancestral name
  3. ancestral names
  4. Ancestral Puebloan
  5. Ancestral Puebloans
  6. ancestral shrine
  7. ancestral shrines
  8. ancestral temple
  9. ancestral temples
  10. ancestralism
  11. ancestralities

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