7 dictionary results for: Shrine
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shrine
[shrahyn] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, shrined, shrin·ing.
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[shrahyn] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, shrined, shrin·ing. –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | a building or other shelter, often of a stately or sumptuous character, enclosing the remains or relics of a saint or other holy person and forming an object of religious veneration and pilgrimage. |
| 2. | any place or object hallowed by its history or associations: a historic shrine. |
| 3. | any structure or place consecrated or devoted to some saint, holy person, or deity, as an altar, chapel, church, or temple. |
| 4. | a receptacle for sacred relics; a reliquary. |
| 5. | to enshrine. |
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME schrine, OE scrīn (c. G Schrein, D schrijn) < L scrīnium case for books and papers
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shrineless, adjective
shrinelike, adjective
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| shrine
(shrīn) Pronunciation Key
n.
tr.v. shrined, shrin·ing, shrines To enshrine. [Middle English, from Old English scrīn, box, from Latin scrīnium, case for books or papers.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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shrine
O.E. scrin "ark of the covenant, case for relics," from L. scrinium "case or box for keeping papers," of unknown origin. A Shriner (1884) is a member of the Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (est. 1872).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| shrine | |
noun | |
| 1. | a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person |
verb | |
| 1. | enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral" [syn: enshrine] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Shrine
Shrine\, 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Shrine
Shrine\ (shr[imac]n), n. [OE. schrin, AS. scr[=i]n, 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.
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Shrine
Shrine\, v. t. To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine. "Shrined in his sanctuary." --Milton.
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