Definition of Enshrine

1. Verb. Enclose in a shrine. "The saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral"

Exact synonyms: Shrine
Generic synonyms: Close In, Enclose, Inclose, Shut In
Derivative terms: Shrine

2. Verb. Hold sacred.
Exact synonyms: Saint
Generic synonyms: Fear, Revere, Reverence, Venerate

Definition of Enshrine

1. v. t. To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory.

Definition of Enshrine

1. Verb. (transitive) To enclose (a sacred relic etc.) in a shrine or chest. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence. ¹

3. Verb. To protect an idea, ideal, or philosophy within an official law or treaty ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Enshrine

1. to place in a shrine [v -SHRINED, -SHRINING, -SHRINES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enshrine

ensheathed
ensheathes
ensheathing
ensheathing callus
ensheaths
enshell
enshelled
enshells
enshelter
ensheltered
ensheltering
enshield
enshielded
enshielding
enshields
enshrine (current term)
enshrined
enshrinee
enshrinees
enshrinement
enshrinements
enshrines
enshrining
enshroud
enshrouded
enshrouding
enshrouds
enside
ensifer
ensiferous

Literary usage of Enshrine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"... and again the circular or polygonal form was prescribed by its relation to the sacred object or the tomb which they were intended to enshrine. ..."

2. The Mercersburg Review by Alumni Association, Pa.) Marshall College (Mercersburg (1851)
"American Pindar lives to enshrine in immortal odes the glory of these buckskin contests,—a glory which, in the present state of things, is doomed to elicit ..."

3. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1870)
"... will be imperishable, and it will enshrine to all time the name of Colonel Alexander Seton.1 SHARPE, CHARLES KIRKPATRICK, MA, ..."

4. The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle (1861)
"... to enshrine His Word in as much of beauty and excellence as we are capable o£ b» accordance with this ..."

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