Definition of Enshrinement

1. Noun. The state of being enshrined ¹

2. Noun. The act of enshrining or something that enshrines ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Enshrinement

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enshrinement

ensheaths
enshell
enshelled
enshells
enshelter
ensheltered
ensheltering
enshield
enshielded
enshielding
enshields
enshrine
enshrined
enshrinee
enshrinees
enshrinement (current term)
enshrinements
enshrines
enshrining
enshroud
enshrouded
enshrouding
enshrouds
enside
ensifer
ensiferous
ensiform
ensiform cartilage
ensiform leaf
ensiform process

Literary usage of Enshrinement

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

1. History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Churches of Great Britainby James [Sargant]. Storer, Henry Sargant Storer by James [Sargant]. Storer, Henry Sargant Storer (1819)
"... at which time a taste for covering the façades of cathedrals with rows of niches, devoted to the enshrinement of statues, first grew into use. ..."

2. The Conquering Cross: (The Church) by Hugh Reginald Haweis (1887)
"... and in 867 AD his body was brought in great pomp to Rome by St. go Cyril, and laid in the church which LAST bears his name at the foot of enshrinement. ..."

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