English Explanatory Dictionary

ancestral shrine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

ancestral shrine ancestral shrines

Synonyms

ancestral hall ancestral temple lineage temple
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