ancestral shrine

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ancestral shrine

noun ancestral shrines

A temple dedicated to deified ancestors and progenitors of surname lineages or families in Chinese folk religion.
Similar: ancestral hall, ancestral temple, lineage temple

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noun Chinese temple dedicated to defied ancestors and progenitors

中文	祠堂 cítáng, 宗祠 zōngcí, 宗廟 /宗庙 zōngmiào, 祖廟 /祖庙 zǔmiào

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@misc{ancestral_shrine_2026,
  title = {ancestral shrine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ancestral%20shrine},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}