noun, verb, shrined, shrin⋅ing.| 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. |
