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Webster 1913 Edition


Shrine

Shrine

(shrīn)
,
Noun.
[OE.
schrin
, AS.
scrīn
, from L.
scrinium
a case, chest, box.]
1.
A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
2.
Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.
Too weak the sacred
shrine
guard.
Byron.
3.
A place or object hallowed from its history or associations;
as, a
shrine
of art
.

Shrine

,
Verb.
T.
To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine.
Shrined in his sanctuary.”
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Shrine

SHRINE

,
Noun.
[L. scrinium.] A case or box; particularly applied to a case in which sacred things are deposited. Hence we hear much of shrines for relics.
Come, offer at my shrine, and I will help thee. Shak.

Definition 2024


shrine

shrine

English

Noun

shrine (plural shrines)

  1. 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.
  2. A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
  3. A place or object hallowed from its history or associations.
    a shrine of art

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shrine (third-person singular simple present shrines, present participle shrining, simple past and past participle shrined)

  1. To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.
    Shrined in his sanctuary. Milton.

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