A Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status, an honorific status granted by the pope to recognize its historical, architectural, or sacramental importance.
A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.
A holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped.
A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
A place or object hallowed from its history or associations.
To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.