The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SHRINE
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More clues leading to the result SHRINE
- Place of worship has visitor at last in sunny weather
- Lustre surrounding top of Russian place of worship
- Soldier finally buried in Polish tomb?
- Holy place seeing religious leader bathed in glow
- Quiet religious leader in Eastern temple
- Glow surrounding king’s darga
- Royalty in Polish Grotto, say
- Polish bears restricted in Kaaba, for one
- Polish guards run sanctuary
- Function takes hour in holy place
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The straight part
We know that "holy place" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case holy place = shrine.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SHRINE mean?
SHRINE noun- 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.