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Definition of Shrine

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

2. Noun. A place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person.

Definition of Shrine

1. n. A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.

2. v. t. To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine.

3. n. Short for Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, a secret order professedly originated by one Kalif Alu, a son-in-law of Mohammed, at Mecca, in the year of the Hegira 25 (about 646 a. d.) In the modern order, established in the United States in 1872, only Knights Templars or thirty-second degree Masons are eligible for admission, though the order itself is not Masonic.

Definition of Shrine

1. Noun. A holy or sacred place, which is dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped. ¹

2. Verb. To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shrine

1. to place in a shrine (a receptacle for sacred relics) [v SHRINED, SHRINING, SHRINES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrine

shrimperies shrimpers shrimpery shrimpfish shrimpier shrimpiest shrimpiness shrimping shrimpless shrimplet

shrimplets shrimplike shrimps shrimpy shrinal shrine (current term) shrined shrineless shrinelike shrines

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